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Patients taking semaglutide drugs, like Ozempic, may experience blood clots in their legs

Weight loss drugs are expensive and are covered by some insurance plans, but most people get insurance through their employers, so its a question of whether employers opted in or out of weight loss benefits, says Michelle Pearlman, MD, CEO and co-founder of Prime Institute and ByteMD and a physician who is board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and obesity medicine

However, injectable semaglutide (2.4 mg) still produces greater absolute weight loss (14.9% vs 12.4%) and has proven cardiovascular benefit from SELECT, plus years of real-world safety data

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