Will semaglutide help people with heart disease and extra weight live healthier longer without costing too much?
Cost-Effectiveness of Semaglutide in Patients With Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease.
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Scientists used a computer model to see if giving semaglutide to people who are overweight and have heart disease (but not diabetes) is worth the cost over their lifetime.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
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Scientists used a computer model to see if giving semaglutide to people who are overweight and have heart disease (but not diabetes) is worth the cost over their lifetime.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
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Rennert-May E, Manns B, Clement F, Spackman E, Collister D, Sumner G, Leal J, Miller RJH, Chew DS
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If you're obese and have heart disease but not diabetes, taking semaglutide might lower your chances of having a serious heart problem by 20%.
If the price of semaglutide is cut in half, it might become a good value for treating people with heart disease who are overweight or obese—even if they don’t have diabetes—because it could add healthy years of life for less than $50,000 per year of quality life gained.
For people who are overweight or obese, have heart disease but not diabetes, the biggest things that decide whether semaglutide is worth the cost are how well it prevents death and how much the drug itself costs.
For people who are overweight or obese, have heart disease but not diabetes, taking a weekly semaglutide shot might help them live healthier, longer lives — and it would cost about $73,000 for each extra year of good-quality life, according to computer modeling.