Su et al., 2022)
After asking whether Medicare should cover the cost of GLP-1s when prescribed for weight loss for people who are overweight, the poll presented two different arguments for and against this proposal: Argument against: Some people say that if Medicare covers the cost of these drugs, it could increase premiums paid by people with Medicare and place financial pressure on the Medicare program and the federal budget
Previously, the telehealth company had offered compounded versions of these drugs, which lack approval from the Food and Drug Administration
Obesema must not be used during pregnancy or while nursing
Fair quality of methodology was considered in studies that enrolled only male subjects (population category) [14, 22, 25, 26, 28] or when blood sampling did not coincide with a steady state of an investigated drug [13,14,15,16,17, 19, 24]