Still I was shocked the price was a fortune for some of the Rxs.
Pays for a lot of TV ads of happy, thrilled people “losing weight” and “keeping it off.”
One source summary:
Weight loss injections can cost between $1,000 and $2,000 per month for brand-name drugs. For example, as of May 2023, Wegovy cost $1,349 per month, Ozempic cost $935 per month, and Mounjaro cost $1,023 per month.
Health plans vary in amounts excluded or accepted along with copays.
I’ve been on terzepatide for 15 months. This is a compound version of Wegovy/Zepbound, which is the same stuff. I’ve lost 60 lbs. I’m off high blood pressure meds, and would do it again, even with the critics complaining about those that benefit from this medication.
I used welbutrin/zyban 21 years ago to quit smoking. I was a 2 pack, plus, a day smoker back then.
Some will state that the GLP1 meds are for diabetics, welbutrin was for depression, or something like that. Side effects for welbutrin was smokers losing the desire to smoke. So, they released it as zyban. Same stuff.
Ozempic was re-released as wegovy, which is semaglutide, and monjauro, is zepbound, which is terzepatide. Change the name, it’s the same stuff.
So that is 4 out of 100? NOOOO. That is 4 out of 1000. Somebody is pushing Ozempic. Wouldn’t be Big Pharma?
First of all, is .4 within the margin of error? I am guessing it is not.
In a six month period, not doubt you can lose weight, but does it last, or do you gain back more?
Are you losing more muscle, fat, what?
All the vast majority of people seeking to lose weight have to do is eat less and exercise more.
A simple, cheap solution that works, but self control is required.
Serious question, do doctors get some kind of indirect kickbacks from prescribing ozempic? Is there some behind the scenes compensation from pharmaceutical salesmen for getting patients onto it?
The Fedgov is spending hundreds of billions each year on diabetes and obesity caused illness each year. Via Medicaid and Medicare.
Billions can be saved by getting these people on Ozempic etc. The Fedgov needs to cut better deals with weight loss drug makers. Then hand out that stuff like candy to Hefty Americans,
I’ll bet Elon would agree, as part of his DOGE efforts
I’ve lost 110 pounds in 2024. But no drugs were involved.
Feeling sad? Take a pill! Feeling restless? Take a pill! Have a twitching pinky? Take a pill for it! Hating your job? Anxious?Angry at your spouse? Take a pill for it! Can't sleep? Take a pill for it! Pining for that new $4,000 IPhone but can't afford it? Take a pill for it! Eat like a gluttonous pig, eat junk food, never get off the damn couch and therefore look like a main character in Moby Dick? Why, don't change your personal habits. That would involve self-examination and work. Simply take a pill for it and shove another 300 greasy, double cheeseburgers down your gullet!
America has become a nation of pill poppers, thanks to the media-pharmaceutical advertising nexus and dissatisfied people looking for a quick fix for all their mostly self-made problems. Ugh.
In other news, “The mortality of fat people skyrocketed under Covid.”
That would also explain a decrease.
SNORT.
My daughter worked for the Ozembic Novo Nordisk plant construction in North Carolina, specializing in engineering robotic pharmaceutical production, and then switched to operations after the plant went into production.
After spending over $2 billion on the first production facility, now they are building a second production facility near the first as even with 24/7/365 production they still cannot meet demand.
I do not believe that.
I look at hundreds of shoppers in my neighborhood mall, every day, on my evening walk.
At the most - 10% of white adults are obese. Almost no Asian adults are obese.
it is unbelievable that people would rather pay for medication than simply stop cramming crap in their mouths!
How about just eating right? The drugs are going to show as problems later on in life.
Deaths from obesity run in fits and starts.