New Weight Loss/Obesity Drugs Could Transform Economy

[sengsational]

For all these reasons, it won't be long before insurance companies fully cover for these drugs.

You would thinks so, and I hope so, but there's an entire set of industries that create sick people (addictive foods) and then sell them insulin, medical tests, medical services, etc. It might take longer than we think.

 

[athena53]

I live in an area with below-average economic stats (household income, education level, single-parent households) and there are 3 free-standing dialysis clinics (that I know of) within 10 miles of me. Metabolic syndrome can lead to kidney failure and dialysis is big business. I think there are only two major players in the US and according Freakonomics podcast I listened to a few years ago, they set up a "foundation" to pay for ACA coverage for their Medicaid patients. They get it back, and more, from higher reimbursements from ACA coverage than Medicaid.

 

[aja8888]

That ain't nothing. Take a short Carnival ocean cruise out of Galveston.

Done that! Unbelievable!

 

[Qs Laptop]

That ain't nothing. Take a short Carnival ocean cruise out of Galveston.

Done that! Unbelievable!

I will add--go to some waterparks in the Wisconsin Dells any summer.

 

[athena53]

I will add--go to some waterparks in the Wisconsin Dells any summer.

And I'll add- the labs where I have blood drawn have "double-wide" chairs. I swear two of me could fit in one.

 

[Koolau]

I will add--go to some waterparks in the Wisconsin Dells any summer.

Any Sams or Costco for that mater. It's everywhere. Almost 40% of us are obese and another 30%+ are overweight. It's everywhere!

 

[Koogie]

As a formerly morbidly obese person who has lost vast amounts of weight (twice) I feel for these people and hope the drugs help. They will. In the short term.

In the long term, it is unlikely to help them unless they stay on the drugs forever and I am given to understand that comes with a raft of serious issues of its own.

The problem is it doesn't address the underlying issues. Emotional issues, in many cases, and for some others they are of course addicts whose fix of choice is sh*t food. Aided and abetted by modern food "science".

Being obese is a trap. It ruins quality of life. It destroys health. It kills people. I hope these drugs give them the temporary help they need to get their lives on track (if possible).

 

[Koolau]

As a formerly morbidly obese person who has lost vast amounts of weight (twice) I feel for these people and hope the drugs help. They will. In the short term.

In the long term, it is unlikely to help them unless they stay on the drugs forever and I am given to understand that comes with a raft of serious issues of its own.

The problem is it doesn't address the underlying issues. Emotional issues, in many cases, and for some others they are of course addicts whose fix of choice is sh*t food. Aided and abetted by modern food "science".

Being obese is a trap. It ruins quality of life. It destroys health. It kills people. I hope these drugs give them the temporary help they need to get their lives on track (if possible).

How have you been successful at keeping your weight off? I've never had much trouble "losing" weight, but keeping it off has been problematic.

 

[Qs Laptop]

Eli Lilly slashes Zepbound prices for self-pay patients​

Eli Lilly (LLY) announced it is cutting prices of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound after less than a year on the market.

The company is pricing its 2.5mg doses at $399 per month and 5mg doses at $549 per month, much less than the $1,060 list price per month when it launched in December last year. It is also a discount from estimated net prices, the price paid after rebates offered by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Eli Lilly slashes Zepbound prices for self-pay patients

Eli Lilly is trying to reduce shortages of its Zepbound weight loss GLP-1 by launching vials and lowering prices for out-of-pocket payers.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Qs Laptop]

Add another feather in the cap for the weight loss drugs.

An Obesity Drug Prevents Covid Deaths, Study Suggests​

People taking Wegovy were not protected from infection. But in a large trial, their death rates were markedly lower, for reasons that are not clear.

People on Wegovy still got Covid, and at the same rate as people randomly assigned to take a placebo. But their chances of dying from the infection plunged by 33 percent, the study found. And the protective effect occurred immediately — before participants had lost significant amounts of weight.

In addition, the death rate from all causes was lower among subjects taking Wegovy, a very rare finding in clinical trials of new treatments.

“Stunning,” Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency room physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who wrote an editorial accompanying the study, said of the data.

An Obesity Drug Prevents Covid Deaths, Study Suggests

People taking Wegovy were not protected from infection. But in a large trial, their death rates were markedly lower, for reasons that are not clear.

www.nytimes.com

 

[braumeister]

I was in the local mall yesterday going to pick up my new iPhone and watch. I had a 12:30 PM appointment and got there early and waited at the food court. Honestly, the food court looked like a hog farm at feeding time! So many obese people (young and old) gorging on fast food.

I know what you mean. I've spent an enormous amount of time in hospitals and doctor's offices in the last couple of years because of my wife's issues, and every time I'm amazed at how many nurses and other health professionals are obese, sometimes morbidly obese. The doctors seem to avoid that, and generally seem pretty fit, but the rest of the staff is frightening.

 

[badatmath]

This thread is odd to me in some ways because of the few people I know IRL who look to be 100+ lbs overweight none are unhappy about it (publicly at least) and probably would not want a drug to "fix" it. They consider it okay to be whatever size they are. Fate I guess? IDK I try to avoid such topics if they come up.

 

[audreyh1]

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I know what you mean. I've spent an enormous amount of time in hospitals and doctor's offices in the last couple of years because of my wife's issues, and every time I'm amazed at how many nurses and other health professionals are obese, sometimes morbidly obese. The doctors seem to avoid that, and generally seem pretty fit, but the rest of the staff is frightening.

This is very, very noticeable.

 

[RetiredHappy]

On a side note, my husband's cardiologist was found to be diabetic last year and he was kind of shock. He started with insulin and Farxiga and in the last 2 visits, he said he had managed to stop the insulin and was only now on Farxiga. Anyway, my husband has a follow-up appointment with him at a different location and we spoke about how we like the appointment to be before lunch or immediately after lunch because we like to go to Tommy Bahama in town. He then recommended that we check out this Italian sandwich place and how they have the best sandwiches. We said nothing and after we left, we both said at the same time that he is a diabetic and he is recommending an Italian sandwich place. Duh! My husband is Type 2 diabetic and keeps his carb intake to about 50g a day and certainly no regular/high carb sandwiches for him.