GLP - 1 partly to blame for spike in insurance rates

Yea, but it doesn’t have the effectiveness of the injectable forms of GLP-1

Less than 1% of the active ingredient in Rybelsus is absorbed into your body after it passes through the stomach. And there’s quite a bit of variability in the absorption rate between people.

About 80% of the active ingredient is absorbed with the injectable forms of GLP-1, so it’s easier to maintain the desired level of the medication in the patient.

That’s the problem that the companies working on a tablet form of GLP-1 are looking at. How do you protect the molecule as it passes through the stomach, so that the proper dose is absorbed in the colon?

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