In effect, a portion of consumer spending once allocated to food is now being redirected toward pharmaceuticals
The SURMOUNT-1 clinical trial demonstrated 15% average body weight loss with 5mg weekly over 72 weeks
Those are the types of clues Eli Lillys CEO, David Ricks, says his company will pursue next year, testing whether its GLP-1 drug, tirzepatide (called Mounjaro for diabetes treatment, and Zepbound for weight loss), could help with addiction to alcohol, nicotine, and other things we dont think about [as being] connected to weight. In comments he made in December, Ricks said the drugs might be anti-hedonicsmeaning they counteract our hedonistic pursuit of pleasure, be it from food, alcohol, or drugs
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