Some people may say see some moderate weight loss, but health professionals only recommend Wegovy as part of a healthy lifestyle involving a balanced diet and physical activity
The FDA and other experts encourage patients to discuss any medication side effect concerns, which could include nausea or vomiting that won't stop, with their doctors
For the pre-existing pre-diabetes analysis, the diabetes covariate was grouped as non-diabetic, prediabetic and diabetic
They are participating in a slowly-emerging conversation about whether the entire GLP-1 class belongs in the same off-label longevity stack as rapamycin and metformin and a few other compounds that have crossed the line from diabetes drug or transplant drug into thing the geroscience community thinks about. The category-expansion axis is theirs
Most insurance companies including Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente cover Wegovy
Weight-loss drugs and more hospital visits are factors but spending growth was in line with other states