However, it also has an F rating from the Better Business Bureau due to 10 unresolved complaints, which suggests some customers have had negative experiences with billing or customer service
All of those cases are ongoing
They also point out that the full uACR improvement seemed to occur before the maximal effect on body weight was achieved. They made what, to me, is an odd claim that four weeks after discontinuation of semaglutide, body weight only modestly increased. In fact, even though this drug has a long half life, between weeks 24 and 28 the median weight returned to the same level seen at around 21 weeks, meaning the average weight regain was three weeks of weight loss over four weeks, with the drug at least somewhat still in their systems
And it sent me down another rabbit hole of research suggesting something important: GLP-1 medications may be influencing the biological environment that cartilage cells live in, not just the load placed on the joint
Diabetes 67 , 15381548 (2018)
This model keeps patients engaged with their care team without financial friction, which is associated with better adherence and better outcomes