New Obesity Drugs Are Seemingly Everywhere—Black Folks Feel Left Out

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By Annisa Durham | Word In Black Word In Black teamed up with STAT, a health, medicine, and science newsroom, to report over the past year on the impact of new weight loss drugs on Black America. Photo direction by& Crystal Milner (WIB) – Jonathan Gustave was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last August after decades of struggling with his weight. To help lower his blood sugar levels, his doctor prescribed Ozempic, the diabetes drug that has become wildly popular for its weight loss effects.  The drug was in such demand that Gustave, a 38-year-old Orlando resident, had to wait two months for the pharmacy to fill his prescription. A month and a half later, he ran out, and another two months passed before the pharmacy would give him a refill, and only for six months.& GLP-1 drugs, a class that includes Ozempic, are transforming the treatment of diabetes and obesity. Studies have been finding they have benefits for heart health and other conditions, too. But many Black Americans, including patients like Gustave and medical experts, worry that their community is being left behind. They say, too, that the public’s obsession with the drugs serves as a reminder of how...

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