‘There’s no way that patients are going to be able to afford that.’ Why aren’t new drugs that can help you lose weight more widely used?

A pair of new drugs offer something many Americans desperately want: a way to lose weight.

‘There’s no way that patients are going to be able to afford that.’ Why aren’t new drugs that can help you lose weight more widely used?

“Ten years ago, policymakers would come out and say, ‘Fat people need to eat less and move more.’” – majority of people still feel this way, unfortunately. Most of them don’t know how hard it is to lose weight or if they have, they don’t understand that one weight loss plan may not work for another. Same way it is with medical treatments. One size fits all doesn’t fit all!

Thai vaccine study

Video via Dr. John Campbell

References:

Cardiovascular Effects of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents

Myocarditis and Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young

Incidence, risk factors, natural history, and hypothesised mechanisms of myocarditis and pericarditis following covid-19 vaccination: living evidence syntheses and review

CDC: Vaccines for COVID-19

CDC: COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens

Related:

Vaccine myocarditis update from Thailand