"And I had assumed the pill would be cheaper because the injections come with the manufacturing costs with the pens and needles, but the price is almost exactly the same
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Semaglutide, the active ingredient, is actually a modified protein molecule
In June, a paper in JAMA Ophthalmology looked at age-related macular degeneration in people with Type 2 diabetes who were taking GLP-1 drugs
But the trajectory is toward improvement, not worsening