Trulicity | Expensive Diabetes Treatment
Trulicity represents an expensive add-on treatment to assist in controlling type 2 diabetes. Only one shot of Trulicity every 7 days is standard in addition to routine diabetes therapy. The cost for one month of Trulicity for a cash paying patient averages about $800. A battle is brewing between Trulicity and a closely related competitor - Victoza. Both activate the GLP-1 receptor which leads to greater insulin release and decrease in a hormone, glucagon, that counteracts the action of insulin. In the process emptying of the stomach is slowed which results in reduced appetite and then the possibility of weight loss. Side effects tend to be mild but relatively common. Among the most frequent are nausea in up to 20%, vomiting in 10%, diarrhea in 10% and abdominal pain in…