DIY tirzepatide, internet detective work and insurance appeals: The lengths 3 people are going to for weight loss drugs "Not being on it is not an option." Natalie Rahhal, Reporter.

Demand for glucagon-like peptide-1 weight-loss drugs — such as Ozempic, Zepbound and Wegovy — coupled with limited insurance ...

Tirzepatide may confer larger increases in testosterone levels among men with metabolic hypogonadism than testosterone ...

Tirzepatide yielded greater cardiometabolic benefits, especially in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and weight loss, among women than men.

Why one man — and others in his gray market community — is making tirzepatide at home. Insurance wouldn't cover his weight loss medication. So he started making his own.

In postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity receiving tirzepatide, use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is ...

Tirzepatide was superior to semaglutide in achieving standard and intensive cardiometabolic targets among patients with type 2 diabetes.

Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both ...

Both tirzepatide and semaglutide had safety profiles consistent with those in previous trials. 13,14,18–20 As typically observed with incretin-based therapies, gastrointestinal adverse events ...

DIY tirzepatide, internet detective work and insurance appeals: The lengths 3 people are going to for weight loss drugs. Natalie Rahhal. July 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM. Copied; ...