CMS will manage prior authorization, claims adjudication, and pharmacy payments centrally through a single processor
But as fat mass decreases and inflammation drops, people may feel more comfortable, energetic, and ultimately sexier
Conversely, patients who achieve goal weight with semaglutide might transition to Contrave for maintenance, though this approach lacks clinical validation
A search of the TGAs database of adverse event notifications for the GLP-1 RA class up to September found there were 72 reports for suicidal ideation, six reports for depressional suicide, four reports of suicide attempt, two reports of completed suicide and one report of self-injurious ideation
Household name, WeightWatchers (recently rebranded to WW), which posted revenues in excess of $1bn in 2022, has laid bare its intentions to enter the drug market with its $106m acquisition of Sequence early this year