Brand-Name Costs (Without Insurance): Monthly List Prices: Wegovy (semaglutide): $1,349 Ozempic (semaglutide): $969 Zepbound (tirzepatide): $1,069 Mounjaro (tirzepatide): $1,069 Saxenda (liraglutide): $1,400 Annual Costs: Semaglutide: $11,628-$16,188/year Tirzepatide: $12,828/year For 18-month treatment: $17,442-$24,282 These prices are unsustainable for most cash-pay patients
Couzin-Frankel 22 Sept 2023)
The body essentially decides that maintaining existing hair follicles is less important than preserving organ function and basic metabolic processes
Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) is a dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist, not a GLP-1 receptor agonist
JCI Insight 3 , 93936 (2018)