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In clinical trials of once-daily or BID GLP-1 receptor agonists (liraglutide, lixisenatide, or exenatide BID), mean changes in body weight were 2.1 to 2.9 kg for monotherapy and +0.3 to 3.6 kg in combination with oral antihyperglycemic therapies (13,14,18)
And the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted last year to end coverage of GLP-1s for state employees, after then-North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwells office estimated in 2023 that the drugs were projected to cost the State Health Plan $1 billion over the next six years
When administered orally, glutathione is acted upon by peptidases and bile salts within the gut prior to being absorbed into the bloodstream
The current formulary-driven switch, in contrast, represents a payer-initiated formulary shift rather than a supply-side limitation