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These are difficult, biopsy-confirmed endpoints, and a drug that improves liver enzymes or imaging fat fraction has not necessarily met them

Compounded GLP-1 medications are prescribed only when a licensed healthcare provider determines, based on an individual patients medical needs, that an FDA-approved drug is not appropriate or that a clinically significant difference exists, such as dosage form, strength, or excipient composition

A Prime Therapeutics analysis (2024) found GLP-1 use raised annual healthcare costs by 46% for obese patients in two years versus controls ( [71] ), mainly driven by drug spending

One important point that is often overlooked is that these figures are averages

However, with a list price that can exceed $1,300 per month, insurance coverage is often a deciding factor