Biomedicines 11(12):3344
Christopher McGowan, a gastroenterologist who runs a weight loss clinic in North Carolina, said that there is a tendency to blame employers and insurance companies for the lack of coverage, but that blame is being misdirected. Wegovy, from Novo Nordisk, and Zepbound, from Eli Lilly, can cost more than $1,000 for a months supply
Although numerous brain areas may be involved in the modulation of this interaction, an initial study has shown that the circuit between the NTS and the medial habenula (i.e., the interpeduncular nucleus) participate in the nicotine-GLP-1R cross-talk (Tuesta et al., 2017)
Of course, there is more to it than that
Thats genuinely different from stimulant-driven appetite suppression, which can feel more forceful but also wears off faster