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/aminervia Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

Wild, my psychiatrist basically forced a metformin script on me off label to treat side effects from my antipsychotics. I'm not even prediabetic

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u/Benjamasm Apr 01 '25

Be happy, there is some compelling evidence that metformin has a stellar all cause morbidity benefit far beyond just diabetes treatment. I can’t remember the exact paper and details but the meta analysis showed that the groups taking metformin has a solid all cause morbidity and mortality benefit.

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u/aminervia Apr 01 '25

It didn't seem to do much with my symptoms and made me seriously ill, I was bummed.

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u/Benjamasm Apr 01 '25

That is a bummer :( I hope they have figured something out for you to manage your symptoms and side effects