New England Journal of Medicine, 387 (3), 205-216
While their benefits are clear, they also come with potential risks and side effects
1 Later, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases led the adoption of a new multisociety Delphi consensus in 2023, proposing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) as another replacement term for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Other state and private insurers have adopted similar stances for the drugs, which can cost patients more than $1,000 monthly out-of-pocket
It's a fragment of human growth hormone that specifically targets fat metabolism without affecting blood sugar or causing the appetite suppression of GLP-1s
That is a dramatic difference from the $1,149 to $1,599 range for brand-name alternatives