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The cash price for this drug in the US is insane: https://www.goodrx.com/ozempic?dosage=2-pens-of-1mg&form=carton&label_override=Ozempic&quantity=1&sort_type=po

The cash price for this drug in the US is insane: https://www.goodrx.com/ozempic?dosage=2-pens-of-1mg&form=carton&label_override=Ozempic&quantity=1&sort_type=popularity https://www.goodrx.com/ozempic?dosage=2-pens-of-1mg&form=car... I can only imagine the fight people will have with their insurance. One of the many reasons we can't have nice things.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
So the motivation was money. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
Natfan 6y ago
What does this actually say? The site is blocked to those of us outside of the US, probably because the website owners can't be bothered to comply with GDPR?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
  Short version: lowest price for a carton (2 pens) is >$800. I would guess that each pen is a single dose.
  - ta988 6y ago
    Not even... 2.4mg a week in the study, each pen is 1mg
    - ladi12 6y ago
      My mother uses this drug by perscription. 1mg pen is for four weekly 0,25 mg doses (1 month).2 mg pen is again for four weekly 0.5mg doses. Realy good results and only one aplication per week, which is great. We are from Slovenia. Drug is free of charge with normal insurance.
- zests 6y ago
  $950 and $900 with coupon. It looks like for two doses.
- BrandoElFollito 6y ago
  Why would they? They should just go ahead and skip the cookies banners. The EU cannot do anything against that, so why bother. Blocking the site is something I do not understand
ta988 6y ago
Thats 2mg, the study was made with 2.4mg so that's at least that price weekly...
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ThePadawan 6y ago
Emphasis "in the US". Here are Swiss prices (German/French only): https://compendium.ch/search?q=Semaglutid https://compendium.ch/search?q=Semaglutid While injections are still quite expensive (~$130 per 3mg), pills are available for as little as $4 per 14mg dose (and judging from the dosage information, those pills are splittable). I don't know the reasoning behind studying the effects of injections vs oral admission.
- phone8675309 6y ago
  From the article: >The international trial was funded by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. From the Ozempic website: > Cornerstones4Care®, NovoFine®, and Ozempic® are registered trademarks of Novo Nordisk A/S. Follow the money.
derbOac 6y ago
Reading the wikipedia page on semaglutide, I was a little confused why one wouldn't just use the peptide it's an analogue of, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). It states the only "differences are two amino acid substitutions at positions 8 and 34, where alanine and lysine are replaced by 2-aminoisobutyric acid and arginine respectively." The article explains that the substitutions increase the half-life of the substance in the body, so I understand that as an advantage of the drug over the naturally occuring peptide. This would be important with an injection. But the skeptic in me wonders if, the drug now is available in an oral form, if the real reason for pushing the drug over GLP-1 is because the drug can be patented and GLP-1 cannot.
wincy 6y ago
Wow, for that amount of money I could just hire someone full time to slap food out of my hand.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

So the motivation was money. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

Natfan 6y ago

What does this actually say? The site is blocked to those of us outside of the US, probably because the website owners can't be bothered to comply with GDPR?

AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
Short version: lowest price for a carton (2 pens) is >$800. I would guess that each pen is a single dose.
- ta988 6y ago
  Not even... 2.4mg a week in the study, each pen is 1mg
  - ladi12 6y ago
    My mother uses this drug by perscription. 1mg pen is for four weekly 0,25 mg doses (1 month).2 mg pen is again for four weekly 0.5mg doses. Realy good results and only one aplication per week, which is great. We are from Slovenia. Drug is free of charge with normal insurance.
zests 6y ago
$950 and $900 with coupon. It looks like for two doses.
BrandoElFollito 6y ago
Why would they? They should just go ahead and skip the cookies banners. The EU cannot do anything against that, so why bother. Blocking the site is something I do not understand

ta988 6y ago

Thats 2mg, the study was made with 2.4mg so that's at least that price weekly...

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ThePadawan 6y ago

Emphasis "in the US". Here are Swiss prices (German/French only): https://compendium.ch/search?q=Semaglutid https://compendium.ch/search?q=Semaglutid While injections are still quite expensive (~$130 per 3mg), pills are available for as little as $4 per 14mg dose (and judging from the dosage information, those pills are splittable). I don't know the reasoning behind studying the effects of injections vs oral admission.

phone8675309 6y ago
From the article: >The international trial was funded by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. From the Ozempic website: > Cornerstones4Care®, NovoFine®, and Ozempic® are registered trademarks of Novo Nordisk A/S. Follow the money.

derbOac 6y ago

Reading the wikipedia page on semaglutide, I was a little confused why one wouldn't just use the peptide it's an analogue of, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). It states the only "differences are two amino acid substitutions at positions 8 and 34, where alanine and lysine are replaced by 2-aminoisobutyric acid and arginine respectively." The article explains that the substitutions increase the half-life of the substance in the body, so I understand that as an advantage of the drug over the naturally occuring peptide. This would be important with an injection. But the skeptic in me wonders if, the drug now is available in an oral form, if the real reason for pushing the drug over GLP-1 is because the drug can be patented and GLP-1 cannot.

wincy 6y ago

Wow, for that amount of money I could just hire someone full time to slap food out of my hand.