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This taste can be strong and unpleasant, lasting throughout the treatment period

For people not eligible for Medicare, current out-of-pocket costs for brand-name GLP-1 drugs range from $199 to $699 per month, depending on the medication and dose

If you want a deeper explanation of how GLP-1 medications work, this guide to semaglutide side effects is a helpful related read

A 2022 JAMA study on 338 adults who had overweight or obesity found that taking semaglutide and liraglutide, respectively, led to an average 15.8% and 6.4% loss in body weight over 68 weeks

N Engl J Med 2014;370:322-33

Results The mean weight loss among patients prescribed GLP-1 analogue monotherapy at 12 months was 11.42 kg, SD 9.95 (9.6% TBWL)