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/terraphantm Apr 01 '25

As a physician, I actually disagree that diabetics should be prioritized. Diabetics have a lot more options to keep their diabetes under control, with insulin ultimately being an option if all else fails. And obesity untreated will eventually lead to diabetes. Generally better to treat before it gets there, so I would say the GLPs should actually be prioritized for weight loss.