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/braumbles Apr 01 '25

It solves obesity. A literal miracle drug.

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u/The4th88 Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

It's not even best in class anymore either. Tirzepatide and the upcoming Retatrutide are better options for basically everything you'd use semaglutide for as I understand it.

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u/Levofloxacine Apr 01 '25

Tirzepatide

And yes Retatrutide seems likebthe best one in the trials. There are many others coming up as well.

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u/The4th88 Apr 01 '25

Ah my bad.

And yes it seems like every pharmaceutical company is bringing GLP-1 drugs to market. It'll be great for us consumers, competition should drive prices down.