Zepbound affects two receptors, the GLP-1 and GIP, whereas Wegovy only affects the GLP-1 receptor, says Mir Ali, MD, a bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California
It requires monitoring of estradiol, total and free testosterone, hematocrit, PSA, and metabolic markers
Through Ro or LillyDirect, the manufacturers self-pay pharmacy, the cost is $399 for the 2.5 mg dose and $549 for the 5 mg dose
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The study established that four hour intravenous infusions of GLP-1 (7-36) completely normalised blood glucose levels of patients with type 2 diabetes admitted to hospital for insulin therapy (Nauck, Klein, rskov)