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Post by susan092907 on Mar 5, 2024 13:06:54 GMT
jammytart, Thank you for all of your insightful, and pointed, posts.
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Post by jammytart on Mar 5, 2024 16:43:07 GMT
jammytart, Thank you for all of your insightful, and pointed, posts. You are very welcome. |
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 5, 2024 17:43:21 GMT
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Post by Guest on Mar 6, 2024 2:00:25 GMT
Jammytart, I can't like posts since I'm not a forum member anymore, but I just have to tell you, excellent post.
Well done Sima...indeed.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 6, 2024 18:56:12 GMT
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Kitty
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Post by Kitty on Mar 7, 2024 0:27:33 GMT
bbbearsmom, Those reasons are mostly nonsense. The real reason is the expense. Of course people who stop them will regain weight. If I stop my statin, my LDL will go back up. If my husband stops his blood pressure medication, his blood pressure will go up. Just an absurd argument to make. As far as people with lower amounts of weight to lose using them, there is some truth to that. However, they can set guidelines on who to cover. The usual guideline as I recall are people with BMI of 30 or above or people at 27 or more with other risk factors such as heart disease. The real issue there is that these medications actually help people with certain conditions who aren't overweight at all... At the end of the day this will be "solved" by the medication becoming less expensive which will happen although perhaps not for awhile.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 7, 2024 17:58:31 GMT
Kitty, I think the WSJ article said North Carolina wanted to put the BMI/condition on using the meds but then they would lose their rebates and not be able to afford the drugs.
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