Saturday, 4 Oct 2025
Hot News
UIDAI waives Aadhaar Biometric update charges for children aged 7–15
Schlitt’s Streak: Yankees Advance to ALDS on Rookie Cam Schlittler’s 12-Strikeout Gem
March for 1968 Mexican student massacre eclipsed by support for Gaza | Protests News
Shutdown Is GOP’s Fault Because They Won’t ‘Reverse Themselves’
Maharashtra government cancels 10% MSRTC fare hike as floods worsen across state
Get Fast News Updates – Stay Ahead with USA Blogger
  • Home
  • Business
    • Realtor
    • CEO
    • Founder
    • Entrepreneur
    • Journalist
  • Health
    • Doctor
    • Beauty cosmetics
    • Plastic Surgeon
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
    • Coach
    • Athlete
    • Fitness trainer
  • Life Style
  • 🔥
  • USA News
  • International News
  • Politics News
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Technology
  • Travel
Font ResizerAa
Get Fast News Updates – Stay Ahead with USA BloggerGet Fast News Updates – Stay Ahead with USA Blogger
  • Home
  • USA
  • International
  • Business
  • Crypto
  • Economy
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • Politics
  • SocialMedia
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Travel
Search
  • Home
  • USA
  • International
  • Business
    • Realtor
    • CEO
    • Founder
    • Entrepreneur
    • Journalist
  • Crypto
  • Economy
  • Entertainment
  • Health
    • Doctor
    • Plastic Surgeon
    • Beauty cosmetics
  • Life Style
  • Politics
  • SocialMedia
  • Sports
    • Athlete
    • Coach
    • Fitness trainer
  • Technology
  • Travel
Follow US
©2025 USA Bloger . All Rights Reserved.
Get Fast News Updates – Stay Ahead with USA Blogger > Blog > Health > GLP-1 Drug Use For Weight Loss Has Soared, Costing Billions
Health

GLP-1 Drug Use For Weight Loss Has Soared, Costing Billions

David Reynolds
David Reynolds
Share
SHARE

TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans taking cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound has skyrocketed in recent years, a new study says.

The number of people without diabetes taking a GLP-1 drug more than tripled between 2018 and 2022 in the U.S., researchers reported March 31 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Spending on these drugs reached $5.8 billion in 2022, with average prices consistently exceeding $1,500 per prescription, results show.

“Despite this, adoption remained limited, as only 1 in 250 U.S. adults without diabetes used a GLP-1 (drug) in 2022,” wrote the research team led by Michelle Dowsey, an epidemiologist with the University of Melbourne in Australia.

GLP-1 drugs mimic the GLP-1 hormone, which helps control insulin and blood sugar levels, decreases appetite and slows digestion of food.

Initially approved to control diabetes, the drugs’ effectiveness at helping people lose weight led to their later approval for that purpose as well.

For this study, researchers analyzed U.S. federal research data in which people were asked about their GLP-1 prescriptions.

Results showed that among people without diabetes, GLP-1 drug use rose from 0.1% of the population in 2018 to 0.4% in 2022.

That doesn’t seem like a lot, amounting to an estimated 854,000 Americans without diabetes using GLP-1 drugs to lose weight in 2022, but the drugs are costly, and can run close to $1,000 or more a month, researchers found.

As a result, estimated annual spending on GLP-1 drugs among non-diabetics rose from $1.6 billion between 2018 and 2021 to $5.8 billion in 2022, the study showed.

On average, the drugs cost $1,540 per prescription, but patients paid an average of just under $35 out-of-pocket for each prescription.

The study provides the first characterization of nationwide GLP-1 use and spending among individuals without diabetes “to guide ongoing debates about balancing the sustainability of health care spending against improving accessibility and affordability of GLP-1 medications going forward,” researchers concluded

You Might Also Like

Black Adults Get Heart Failure Way Earlier Than White Folks: Here’s the Deal.

Dr. Google Starts Sharing Regular Folks’ Advice As Chatbots Loom – The Health Care Blog

Cardiac Arrest Deaths During Marathons Down By Half

Get your flu shot this fall at no cost

Contract management software for hospitals: Maximize revenue and resolve underpayments

Share This Article
Email Copy Link Print
Previous Article A Guide to Choosing the Right Twitter Alternative for You
Next Article Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz has monster game using ‘torpedo bat’