"You have to think about this as chronic disease management, not responding to a TikTok trend." Rekha Kumar, M.D., Found's chief medical officer and a specialist in obesity medicine, said that the increased attention and demand for drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are leading payers to look far more closely at prescriptions and deny coverage more frequently
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However, if the criteria widened to target age-related diseases, not only will more younger people start taking them but the age range might expand
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These may include allergic reactions to unknown ingredients, lack of therapeutic effect (meaning underlying conditions remain untreated), contamination with harmful substances, or unpredictable side effects