5.5% of prescriptions doctors write in the U.S. are for GLP-1 agonists like Wegovy/Ozempic. Up from 1% in 2021
-used for diabetes and weight loss
-women 2X as likely
-50% of scripts for weight loss unfilled (presumably, due to high price)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/20/1109168/drugs-like-ozempic-now-make-up-5-of-prescriptions-in-the-us/
-used for diabetes and weight loss
-women 2X as likely
-50% of scripts for weight loss unfilled (presumably, due to high price)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/20/1109168/drugs-like-ozempic-now-make-up-5-of-prescriptions-in-the-us/
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