does cigna cover glp-1 for weight loss drops coverage of obesity drugs its own employees Cigna is making GLP-1 coverage
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10.1136/bmj-2022-074068
Drops have lower bioavailability than injections, typically 5-40% versus nearly 100% for subcutaneous injection
GLP-1 patches are often promoted and marketed by social media influencers as cheaper versions of weight loss injections, but they do not contain any GLP-1 mimicking ingredients, and there is little scientific evidence to prove they really work
Jelsing, J
showed that liraglutide improves the renal endothelial dysfunction in obese Zucker rats on a high-salt diet by increasing the renal eNOS expression (Sukumaran et al., 2019)
