Despite a significant number of bills in 2023 and 2024 that would have required mandated coverage of GLP-1s in Medicaid, state employee health plans, or for health insurers regulated by the state, only Arkansas, California, Maryland, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Texas have introduced legislation mandating coverage in 2025 to date
Instead, it may influence the production of pheomelanin (a lighter pigment) over eumelanin (a darker pigment) in new skin cells
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Subcutaneous semaglutide starts at 0.25mg once weekly and can be increased to up to 2.0mg once weekly following a dose escalation schedule if more glycemic control is needed [13]
Others struggle significantly even at starting doses