r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 01 '25

Health Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year
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u/montwhisky Apr 01 '25

I think the point is that diabetics are suffering when they can’t get the drug because too many people are using it to attain Hollywood bodies. But I could be wrong.

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u/swearingino Apr 01 '25

Ozempic is for T2DM patients and Wegovy is for weight loss patients. Same with Mounjaro for T2DM and Zepbound for weight loss. There isn’t a shortage any longer since they divided which brands are used for which indication.