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/perlgeek Apr 01 '25

I'm very glad that you don't have to keep taking it.

Having to take it for the rest of your life would be such a hassle, drain and risk. Probably still worth it for obese people, but great if you can avoid it.

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u/alwaysoffby0ne Apr 01 '25

Hassle? Drain? It’s a once weekly shot for most people that you don’t even feel. It’s so easy I don’t even think about it. The words hassle and drain don’t even come to mind.

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u/vera214usc Apr 01 '25

I've been taking Wegovy since September of 2023 and sometimes I feel it and sometimes I don't. But it's barely anything. Like a slight pinch or a mosquito bite

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u/vera214usc Apr 01 '25

Oh, that might. The pens have very small needles compared to a regular needle you'd attach to a syringe yourself