Most people using new, highly touted prescription drugs to lose weight, such as Wegovy, stop taking them after a year, a new report says.
July 12, 2023 --
About a third of patients were still on the medications after a year. The overall costs of care for patients who took Wegovy or a similar drug rose from an average of $12,371 to $19,657, an increase of 59%.Prime Therapeutics is owned by 19 U.S. Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance plans and manages pharmacy benefits for about 38 million people.
About half were given Novo Nordisk's injected Ozempic or Wegovy; both contain semaglutide. Others were taking Saxenda , an older Novo GLP drug, or Rybelsus, an oral version of semaglutide.
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