The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh
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The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh
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#2Can someone please explain the economics of GLP-1s? How can people pay $1000/month for the rest of their life, just to keep weight off? Rent and mortgages are already insane as is, and then there’s insurance, kids, etc.
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#3Can someone please explain the economics of GLP-1s? How can people pay $1000/month for the rest of their life, just to keep weight off? Rent and mortgages are already insane as is, and then there’s insurance, kids, etc.
Few people actually pay 1000/month. Most get it through insurance (I pay 25/month), and most of the remaining get it through compounding pharmacies like HenryMeds which comes out to 300-400 per month.
In fact, I know a few people who get brand pills (Rybelsus) mailed from India, where it's much cheaper. This insane pricing is a US only thing.
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#4Can someone please explain the economics of GLP-1s? How can people pay $1000/month for the rest of their life, just to keep weight off? Rent and mortgages are already insane as is, and then there’s insurance, kids, etc.
Knowing a couple people who've done it, they do it for a few months to lose weight, then stop taking it and try not to gain the weight back. I don't know anyone who's chosen to go on it permanently.
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#5Can someone please explain the economics of GLP-1s? How can people pay $1000/month for the rest of their life, just to keep weight off? Rent and mortgages are already insane as is, and then there’s insurance, kids, etc.
They don’t. If you live outside of the USA it is cheaper (e.g. 400 cad a month in Canada)
The article also mentions the grey market, where you can buy a year’s worth of power from China for a couple hundred bucks. You do need to be able mix it up properly though.
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#6I'm far from convinced that some random "compounding pharmacy" produces effectively the same thing as Ozempic.
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#7Can someone please explain the economics of GLP-1s? How can people pay $1000/month for the rest of their life, just to keep weight off? Rent and mortgages are already insane as is, and then there’s insurance, kids, etc.
Americans are wealthy and don’t even realize it. The median household has >$1000 left over each month after all ordinary expenses against income, per the US government’s own data and statistics. Not everyone can afford it but a large percentage can. They may value this more than many other things they can waste that excess income on.
The drugs are only going to get cheaper with time.
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#8I'm far from convinced that some random "compounding pharmacy" produces effectively the same thing as Ozempic.
The thing is, GLP-1 isn't that hard to make, and these compounding pharmacies make effectively the real thing.
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#9Can someone please explain the economics of GLP-1s? How can people pay $1000/month for the rest of their life, just to keep weight off? Rent and mortgages are already insane as is, and then there’s insurance, kids, etc.
Few people actually pay 1000/month. Most get it through insurance (I pay 25/month), and most of the remaining get it through compounding pharmacies like HenryMeds which comes out to 300-400 per month. In fact, I know a few people who get brand pills (Rybelsus) mailed from India, where it's much cheaper. This insane pricing is a US only thing.
Rybelsus doesn’t work.
Re: The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh
#10Can someone please explain the economics of GLP-1s? How can people pay $1000/month for the rest of their life, just to keep weight off? Rent and mortgages are already insane as is, and then there’s insurance, kids, etc.
Most people I know using it were using insurance, so paying much less than that, however for many of them the insurance companies are dropping coverage for it. That had pushed some to the compounding, and thus ozempocalypse as that avenue is removed as well.