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I wrote about the new anti-obesity drugs—semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro)—that represent one of the most important breakthroughs in medicine
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-n

Ground Truths · The New Obesity Breakthrough DrugsBy Eric Topol
Bernard Khoo

@erictopol as you note, the potential lifetime cost of and is a massive issue. Benefits for CV disease would be helpful, but as yet unproven for this population and at these doses. Let’s also not forget about which has clinical benefit on life expectancy, CV disease, cancer etc.