The two organizations also diverge on how broadly the drugs are currently covered: Mercer's tally puts adoption at 44% among employers in its large-employer category, well below the 67% reported by Business Group on Health
Dose titration adjustments, alternative GLP-1 formulations, or over-the-counter remedies like simeticone may help when dietary and lifestyle changes prove insufficient
Separately, in the REDEFINE 4 head-to-head trial against tirzepatide, CagriSema produced approximately 20.2% body weight reduction at 84 weeks, compared with 23.6% for tirzepatide
Once patients get to a healthy weight, they often do not meet the insurance criteria to get these medication covered, says Mir Ali, MD, medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center
By doing so, they can hold on to as much muscle as they can and retain the muscle that theyve already got and hopefully the weight that they lose as a product of taking that kind of medication will be predominantly fat
Those are strong numbers for a single-agonist medication
