Another potential plus: price
The shortages have made it difficult for some people to get GLP-1 agonists even those with health insurance coverage for the drugs
This effect might differ from the situation in developing countries with reduced access to food, medications, blood glucose test strips and medical services 135,136
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Dan Witters, Gallup's research director for the National Health and Well-Being Index, described the dynamic in the survey report: "The lower cost of compounded or custom-mixed varieties is fueling a shift away from brand-name choices and is likely making GLP-1s available to broader sectors of the population." The Gallup data also illustrate an interesting efficacy perception gap: 39 percent of compounded GLP-1 users said their medication was "extremely effective," compared with 32 percent of brand-name users though researchers and regulators caution that compounded versions have not undergone the same clinical testing as FDA-approved drugs
Each cause has a fix, and most reactions trace back to one of the first three