For instance, Black patients are 19% less likely to be prescribed these drugs than white patients, and Latino patients are 9% less likely to receive prescriptions (Kaplan, 2024)
Our citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory, effectively subsidizing socialism abroad with skyrocketing prices at home, said President Trump in a recent White House press release
Compounded GLP-1 medications are not available in Alabama, Louisiana, or Mississippi, and telehealth medication is limited or prohibited in Alabama or Virginia
26 27 28 In a trial that examined the effects of tirzepetide once-weekly injection for obesity, people lost between 15 and 21 percent of their body weightsimilar to or even better than semaglutide
This repeated failure creates frustration, emotional fatigue, and even shame not because people arent trying hard enough, but because the root causes of weight gain are far more complex than most programs account for
For patients with prediabetes, using oral semaglutide can be a proactive measure to prevent the progression to full-blown Type 2 diabetes
