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They are significantly higher in price than older, conventional diabetes treatments such as biguanides like metformin as Mounjaro and Ozempic are still on patent and are biologics, which tend to be more expensive given their complexity

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Patient out-of-pocket costs of USD 200 to USD 500 monthly drive the 68% GLP-1 drug discontinuation rate in real-world adherence studies within the first 12 months of therapy

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Tutto ci causa il conseguente incremento dei livelli di glucosio nel sangue (iperglicemia)
