Monthly medication costs: With insurance: as little as $0$25 Without insurance: Brand-name GLP-1s: ~$1,000 or more per month at full retail price Non-GLP-1s: ~$175$1000 Drug manufacturers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk often offer savings programs and discount cards on their own websites, so its worth asking your provider about these even if your insurance doesnt cover the medication
People dont want to be labeled as a steroid user, and this is like skating close to the edge without crossing it. Putting such nuances aside, lots of people are suddenly skating close to the edge
Manual calculation introduces rounding errors that can shift your result
The authors explicitly warned that people who tolerated 10 or 15 mg may represent a subgroup of the general population
Mofid, GLP-1 use has essentially created a whole new category of patients that just didnt exist 15 years ago, and he has had to adapt procedures to meet their needs
Just make sure to recalculate your units using the new concentration before drawing your first dose from the new vial, and consider labeling the vial with the concentration to avoid confusion later