Given their glucose-lowering effects, GLP-1s have become standard of care for type 2 diabetes, supplanting other medication classes such as sulfonylureas.2 In 2023, GLP-1s represented 63% of diabetes spend, up from 38% in 2020.2 While diabetes GLP-1s will continue to account for a greater portion of spend compared to obesity, costs related to GLP-1s prescribed for obesity are expected to grow at a faster rate over the next 3 years
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Effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on lipid profiles among type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Zhang, Q., Yan, L., Lu, J., & Zhou, X
And it's an 8-week, 68-patient study from one institution