We restricted the study cohorts to patients with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and without use of any of the two drug classes being compared for the past 365 days, aged 18 years (65 years for Medicare), and with at least 12 months of continuous insurance enrollment before cohort entry
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Nearly half of people on the 12 milligram dose version of the drug over 80 weeks lost an average of more than 30% of their body weight, a result on par with weight-loss surgery
Avoid alcohol, signing legal documents, and driving until the day after the procedure because of the sedatives used during a colonoscopy
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pay an average of $969 per month for Ozempic while those in Canada are charged $155 and Germans pay just $59 monthly