Excellus BlueCross BlueShield does not pay for Mounjaro.
“you can expect to pay between $1,000 and $1,200 or more per month, which can add up to over $12,000 annually if you’re paying entirely out of pocket.”
PLUS required 24/7 monitoring device if you are already on insulin.
Ozempic has too many side effects, but Medicare does pay some of it, maybe most, I don’t know how much they pay.
Not for Me.
On many plans for Medicare you will pay about $300 a month for it.
It IS very dependent on what plan you are on.
The pill form of Ozempic, called Rybelsus, is taken in the morning, 1/2 an hour before taking other meds, eating or drinking anything. The first month is a starter, 3mg dose, to smoke out any strong side effects. In the second and third month, the dose increases to 7mg. In either case, it is “washed down” with just 1/2 cup of water. Then nothing else for at least 30 min.
A small, mostly protein meal is breakfast, and any small meals eaten later are controlled, lest they provoke nausea.