Formulary Management: Expanding coverage criteria will require plans to refine formularies, potentially increasing formulary-related administrative costs
More than one-half of individuals with severe mental illnesses are obese or overweight, 1 resulting from multiple factors that may include psychiatric symptoms (eg, anergia and hyperphagia), poor dietary choices, sedentary lifestyle, underlying inflammatory processes, medical comorbidities, and iatrogenic consequences of certain medications
Multiple reviewers describe starting at very low doses (0.04 ml) and taking months to reach therapeutic levels, all while being charged $199-299/mo
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The food intake-suppressive effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor signaling in the ventral tegmental area are mediated by AMPA/kainate receptors
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