Some carriers are reportedly modeling this into long-term cost projections Healthcare- Fewer cases of obesity-related conditions could mean lower demand for bariatric surgery, diabetes drugs, sleep apnea treatments, not even talking about the general obesity induced cardiovascular diseases or injuries and rehab
"Diabetes and obesity are big things that we should be treating, the downstream cost of care is huge," said Timothy Law, chief medical officer for Highmark, on a GLP-1 panel at AHIP
Additionally, this delivery method offers slow release over a 5-7 hour period
More importantly, nasal BPC-157 lacks human clinical data
Some are prescribed for type 2 diabetes, some are prescribed for weight loss, and some are compared for both their metabolic and cardiovascular effects
Age-dependent effectiveness In mice, metformins benefits diminished when given later in life