A growing influx of US residents purchasing Ozempic in Canada led to a move to limit sales to Canadian residents. AkshayJainEndo questions whether it's time to reevaluate prescription costs in the US.
in the US and Canada and sold under a different brand name, Wegovy). There is clinical evidence that semaglutide helps manage obesity to a degree not seen with previous medications.
People with obesity dealing with the constant metabolic, mechanical, and mental complications of the disease now have the opportunity to utilize a very effective pharmacotherapy as an adjunct to lifestyle modifications and behavioral therapy. This has led to a debate about people with obesity"creating a shortage of the medication intended for diabetes."
Let's be clear that as healthcare providers, we have no business either promoting or participating in the belief that people with one disease have"more right" to access to medications than those with other conditions. The bigger issue here is the clear lack of effective therapy for management of a disease like obesity/overweight that over 60% of US adults are living with.
Equally important is recognizing the undue emphasis that society places on certain body images, which pressures people to resort to taking medications to lose weight even when they are not overweight. No wonder, then, that as soon as medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro were released in the US, the demand for these medications was unprecedented, leading to short supply of these medications not just in the US but, as a
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