While prescription drug costs are going up, total medical and prescription drug spend is trending down
The gut-brain axis runs in both directions
For moderate weight loss with minimal side effects, a maintenance dose of 4mg provides 17% body weight reduction with a tolerable side effect profile
More than you would expect, and sipped through the day rather than in large amounts at once
Only the most aggressive growth investors should probably consider this one
In the STEP 1 trial extension, published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, participants who stopped semaglutide after losing 17.3% of their body weight regained about two-thirds of that loss within a year of stopping, though they still remained, on average, 5.6% below their starting weight even a year later