Medicare covers tirzepatide for sleep apnea

[Revo39564]

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eli-lillys-obesity-drug-gets-medicare-coverage-sleep-apnea-cnbc-reports-2025-01-08/

 

[raw_oyster_eater]

i wonder what the dosage is for that application. i skimmed the article and didn;t see it.

 

[Nikki nik]

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eli-lillys-obesity-drug-gets-medicare-coverage-sleep-apnea-cnbc-reports-2025-01-08/

Ok I can see the weight falling off then boom.... sleep apnea cured! I love tirz!

 

[Revo39564]

i wonder what the dosage is for that application. i skimmed the article and didn;t see it.

Would probably just be the standard 2.5 to 15 mg dosing titrated to patient response .

 

[Revo39564]

Ok I can see the weight falling off then boom.... sleep apnea cured! I love tirz!

Once my RS was down 40 lbs sleep apnea completely resolved …. RS had it dx 15 years at a much lower weight. …….. felt like tongue size is about half of what is was…….RS went from 352 to 218 in 8 months ……. Fingers shrinked so much Ring now down 5 sizes , less than ring size at 185 lbs when in military…near perfect cholesterol panel , hgbA1c 5.2 , and now today my RS liver us showed a very mild fatty liver…….4 years ago it was a severe fatty liver…… weight loss played a huge role but there has to be other pathways to its effectiveness ………. Especially the anti inflammatory effects.

 

[Revo39564]

i wonder what the dosage is for that application. i skimmed the article and didn;t see it.

https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tirzepatide-reduced-sleep-apnea-severity-nearly-two-thirds

Here it said 10 mg or 15 mg in trials

 

[Nikki nik]

https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tirzepatide-reduced-sleep-apnea-severity-nearly-two-thirds

Here it said 10 mg or 15 mg in trials

Is this the starting dose in trials?

 

[Revo39564]

Is this the starting dose in trials?

No they had to

titrate it up