If you have joint pain from osteoarthritis, getting a GLP-1 drug (like those used for diabetes) along with a common joint injection (hyaluronic acid) might help reduce pain and improve movement more than the joint shot alone.

These diabetes-like drugs might help ease joint pain and slow down damage in arthritis by reducing pain, swelling, and joint breakdown.

A type of diabetes drug might help ease joint pain in osteoarthritis by calming down pain signals in both the joint cells and nerves.

Taking GLP-1 drugs might help rebuild and protect knee cartilage in people with arthritis.

Those diabetes weight-loss drugs might help knee arthritis, but it's probably because people lose weight — not because the drug calms inflammation in the joint itself.

A type of diabetes drug might help protect joint cartilage in arthritis by stopping cells from leaking important building blocks.