In one of the focus groups, there was no disagreement when one participant asked, [d]oes it feel almost inevitable that those drugs are going to become part of our formulary? Our insurance provider, Cigna told us that within the next 9 to 12 months, theres really not going to be a choice, that all insurance companies are probably going to be covering GLP-1s for weight loss. Occupational health manager, large manufacturer The use of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss is still new for many employers, and many are not sure how or whether they can manage the benefit
Many patients benefit from monthly visits during dose titration and at least quarterly once a maintenance dose is established
More dose equals more results. Not linear
My patients brain fog was almost certainly not caused by her statin and neither was her achiness her muscle enzymes were normal
Leveraging fine-mapping and multipopulation training data to improve cross-population polygenic risk scores
Individuals with a personal or family history of thyroid cancer, especially thyroid C-cell tumors, should not take semaglutide