In fact, high-profile examples of payers pulling back on coverage are stacking up: North Carolinas state health plan dropped GLP-1s after spending $100 million, Ascension eliminated all weight-loss drug coverage, and Mayo Clinic capped lifetime GLP-1 benefits at $20,000
Youve probably seen articles talking about Ozempic face. We dont tend to think about the physiological impacts
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Its a hormone your body makes to regulate appetite, blood sugar and energy balance
And no one has yet, I think, proven that GLP-1 has really important effects on these indications, but we are testing it in 4,000 people with Alzheimer's disease
The common factors among this group include having established strong exercise habits during treatment (particularly resistance training), having completely overhauled eating patterns with a focus on high-protein whole-food diets, gradual tapering rather than abrupt discontinuation, and having lost weight slowly enough for metabolic adaptation to partially recalibrate