Some people taking the new generation of obesity drugs lose one-quarter of their body weight.Credit: Peter Dazeley/Getty Most people taking the popular GLP-1 drugs shed substantial amounts of weight — an average of one-quarter of their body weight according to one study1. So why do 10–15% of people using the drugs lose minimal weight or
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In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound, but he couldn’t afford the $750 monthly price tag. Erica S. Lee/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Erica S. Lee/KFF Health News In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound. But he
La Marca, a retired professor living in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is among an estimated 5.9 million Medicare enrollees excluded from a GLP-1 discount program because they have a medical condition such as Type 2 diabetes or sleep apnea. (Erica S. Lee for KFF Health News)A Temporary Patch for a Long-Standing Gap About 1 in
Charlotte Touzalin was still a young teenager when she began struggling with weight gain, abnormal periods and unwanted facial hair — the same puzzling symptoms that plagued her mom for decades and that no doctor could piece together. “I’d go home and I’d cry,” said Touzalin, an 18-year-old college student from Colorado. “I didn’t understand why all
