insurance coverage glp 1 Does health cover GLP-1 medications for diabetes and weight loss? GLP-1s and The Payer Predicament

00:00:57 Narrator With that, Lets get started 00:01:05 Vickie Danaher We know that the injectable GLP-1 medications have become pretty popular over the last few years for obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other conditions, but the fact that we now have an oral GLP-1 agonist for weight loss is a big change

People taking GLP-1 medications commonly report reduced food cravings, less emotional eating, and a quieting of the constant mental preoccupation with food that researchers call "food noise." Animal studies have also shown that GLP-1 receptor activation reduces the rewarding properties of high-calorie food in the brain findings confirmed in a landmark randomized, placebo-controlled neuroimaging study in humans ( van Bloemendaal et al., Diabetes, 2014 )

Therefore, all subjects with T1D should undergo annual functional screening by serum TSH measurement to detect asymptomatic TD, particularly those with positive TPO Abs

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