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Expect possible out-of-pocket costs These medications can be costly, so planning is important

Insurance providers like United Healthcare may cover semaglutide for patients with specific BMI thresholds with prior authorization, while Cigna and Blue Cross Blue Shield coverages can vary

Semaglutide shows promise as a potential alcohol use disorder medication Intramural scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and collaborators from The Scripps Research Institute, found that semaglutide reduces alcohol consumption and binge-like drinking in a rodent model of alcohol misuse

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Some trials have shown that participants lost a higher percentage of body weight with tirzepatide than with a similar treatment over a similar treatment period