The pharmacokinetics of LY3437943 (retatrutide) support once-weekly administration due to an elimination half-life of approximately 6 days. Jastreboff AM et al., Nature Medicine, 2023 This extended half-life is made possible by attaching a fatty acid chain to the peptide, allowing it to bind to albumin a common protein in your blood that acts like a slow-release carrier
This could lead to higher demand for Dexcom's CGM devices and strengthen the company's competitive advantage
It's not a one-size-fits-all approach, and it's not a blanket inclusion or exclusion that, as I described, can send your pharmacy dollars running off the chart
My hairstylist, who has seen my struggles for years, asked what I was doing differently
Both are valid
This is discussed with Dom Kuza in Episode #144 of the PricePlow Podcast , where he reminds us that their sister company, Raw Nutrition, already has melatonin in Raw Sleep , so now they have two options