Why is it that so many "solutions" to chronic disease are good-news/bad-news? Take great news about the "miracle-drug" semaglutide. Originally for people with type 2 diabetes, a recent study shows it can reduce weight by 10-20%+ for those with obesity--with minimal side-effects, and requiring only a weekly subcutaneous (just-under-the-skin) self-administered injection. That amount of weight loss is also often enough to reverse prediabetes & even type 2 diabetes! So what's the bad news? Semaglutide is a proprietary biologic pharmaceutical. It costs close to $1000/month for the smaller dose needed to manage diabetes. Extrapolating this, the larger dose used in the study to reduce obesity could cost $2000+/month! R educing the cost substantially could be a challenge. B iologics are typically more complex & expensive to manufacture than traditional pharmaceuticals. And BTW: if you stop taking semaglutide after losing that weight, you will tend to
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