Researchers found that a 1% reduction in body weight would cost $985 using tirzepatide versus $1,845 using semaglutide nearly double the cost.3 However, this might all go out the window as pharmaceutical companies decide to price their drugs differently, and weve seen providers of compounded GLP-1 RAs regularly charging more for tirzepatide than semaglutide
These findings underscore the importance of getting body composition scans, not just stepping on the scale, while on GLP-1 drugs
Spurney CF, Cha H-J, Sali A, Pandey GS, Pistilli E, Guerron AD, et al
I think losing the benefits of these medications if you were enjoying those can feel like withdrawal because then your sense of how you feel every day, or how you behave every day, can drastically revert to where they were pre-medicine." Dr
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