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Many commercial insurance plans cover GLP-1 medications for weight management, though coverage varies by payer and plan

But early trials noted something else: patients were losing weight not from nausea alone, but from true reductions in appetite and caloric intake

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Providers should be prepared to advocate for patients and explore patient assistance programs when available

All very reassuring but the FDA required additional studies in animals and the establishment of a cancer registry to monitor the annual incidence of medullary thyroid cancer over the next 15 years

This mechanism applies primarily to diabetic patients rather than those using semaglutide solely for weight management