That's honestly not that expensive, even without insurance, considering the savings in grocery bills as well as healthcare costs. It seems that the pill is about as effective as the injectable...
Eligible customers with commercial insurance may pay $25 for a one-month supply, while those without insurance can pay cash, starting at $149 per month, the company said.
That's honestly not that expensive, even without insurance, considering the savings in grocery bills as well as healthcare costs.
It seems that the pill is about as effective as the injectable (seems mainly by just increasing the dosage considerably). Much of the cost of the injectable was the needle itself, and all that's required to safely process and sterilize those.
And this is the "name brand" version. I can only imagine that the independently compounded version would be even cheaper, although likely not legal to purchase where Novo's patent applies (but that's hardly that much of a barrier in the age of the internet).
Seems like Ozempic's just getting more and more accessible.
$150 breaks down to a (coffee shop) coffee a day, which is pretty good for a drug that can improve quality of life and life expectancy to a life-altering degree.
$150 breaks down to a (coffee shop) coffee a day, which is pretty good for a drug that can improve quality of life and life expectancy to a life-altering degree.
I'm not a pharmacist/doctor, but it seems like sublingual semaglutide could be an effective way to bring costs down even further (not to mention the generics that'll be out shortly in a few...
It seems that the pill is about as effective as the injectable (seems mainly by just increasing the dosage considerably). Much of the cost of the injectable was the needle itself, and all that's required to safely process and sterilize those.
I'm not a pharmacist/doctor, but it seems like sublingual semaglutide could be an effective way to bring costs down even further (not to mention the generics that'll be out shortly in a few countries), since that requires only a small bump in dosage! Really exciting stuff overall, imo.
That's honestly not that expensive, even without insurance, considering the savings in grocery bills as well as healthcare costs.
It seems that the pill is about as effective as the injectable (seems mainly by just increasing the dosage considerably). Much of the cost of the injectable was the needle itself, and all that's required to safely process and sterilize those.
And this is the "name brand" version. I can only imagine that the independently compounded version would be even cheaper, although likely not legal to purchase where Novo's patent applies (but that's hardly that much of a barrier in the age of the internet).
Seems like Ozempic's just getting more and more accessible.
$150 breaks down to a (coffee shop) coffee a day, which is pretty good for a drug that can improve quality of life and life expectancy to a life-altering degree.
$150 breaks down to roughly the possible savings from eating and snacking you would have while using it.
$150 is for the starting dose that is not effective (for most), the therapeutic doses cost more still.
I'm not a pharmacist/doctor, but it seems like sublingual semaglutide could be an effective way to bring costs down even further (not to mention the generics that'll be out shortly in a few countries), since that requires only a small bump in dosage! Really exciting stuff overall, imo.