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General_Elephant t1_j0z9frx wrote

Reply to comment by surnik22 in Molecule that mimics insulin opens new doors for a diabetes pill by rchaudhary

Metformin is a really low cost drug right now, so the insurance companies will have "step therapy" meaning you need to fail with the "frontline therapy" to qualify for possible coverage of more expensive alternates.

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Iceree t1_j0zuzpc wrote

This is true. Took metformin, couldn't tolerate some bad side effects, now have a much more effective drug to take AND I get to take it much less frequently then metformin.

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