With insurance It depends on your insurance coverage, but metformin tends to cost around $4 a month, says Horn
Mounjaro and other GLP-1s should be avoided or used only under close supervision by people with a history of pancreatitis, gallstones, medullary thyroid cancer or MEN2, severe kidney disease, a very low BMI or eating disorder, and during pregnancy or breastfeeding
"With these positive data in hand, we are now planning to submit orforglipron for regulatory review by year-end and are prepared for a global launch to address this urgent public health need." According to Eli Lilly, adults in the Phase 3 trials all lost weight with orforglipron and on the highest dose of 36 mg of orforglipron, the trial participants lost about 27 pounds over the course of 72 weeks or about 12% of their body weight, which is meaningful but not quite as high as some injectables
Be sure youre ready for any procedure with stable weight for 6 to 12 months, medical clearance, and realistic expectations about scars, recovery time, and likely outcomes
