Episode 24 of The Pound of Cure Weight Loss podcast is titled, Zepbound to happen: More Drug Shortages. The title comes from our Economics of Obesity segment where we discuss the Zepbound shortages and offer strategies that you can use to ride out the shortage.
In our In the news segment, we discuss an article from the New York Times titled, The Miracle Weight-Loss Drug Is Also a Major Budgetary Threat. In the United States, we pay more for medication than any other country in the world - often 3-4 times more. So, what can we do to bring those prices down? Tune in to find out!
In our Patient Story, we talk to Janet who started gaining weight after pregnancy. She lost well over 100 pounds on Mounjaro and is currently using a creative dosing strategy to save money during maintenance.
For the first few months after surgery and while taking a GLP-1 medications, you might not feel like eating but your body still needs fuel. So, in our Nutrition segment, Zoe offers advice about what to do when you just don’t feel like eating.
Finally, we answer 3 of our listeners' questions including, how to transition from weight loss to weight maintenance, why does a revision carry more risk, and how to keep your set point lower while on weight gaining medications.
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