Costco to sell Ozempic and Wegovy at a discount for people without insurance(nbcnews.com)
21 points by kamaraju 5 hours ago | 5 comments
- borroka 3 hours agoI don't know how long people will be willing to pay so much for something that is complex and expensive to develop and test, but extremely cheap to produce, to the point that we are talking about a few dollars a week when buying peptides on the gray market.
In terms of safety, empirically, it seems extremely safe for a molecule with such a strong and reliable effect. I bought some peptides and the most frustrating part of the whole endeavor was buying 5 ml syringes: local pharmacies require a prescription, but I managed to buy them on Amazon. When something is so easy to produce and distribute, we will have many more people buying peptides on the gray market (cheaper) and syringes on Amazon (faster).
I expect there will soon be a crackdown on the gray market, or at least an attempt at one, but how effective can the government be when no one has ever said, “I can't find cocaine tonight”?
[-]- dyauspitr 2 hours agoIndia is probably all over this at this point.
- mock-possum 3 hours agoFor $500/mo, geez[-]
- ricksunny 2 hours agoYes, but it demonstrates a significant reduction trend in pricing over time. And the reduction in food budget in major US metros (ingredients, even without valuation of time spent cooking, and restaurants) will easily approach that $500 mark and for many, exceed.[-]
- Legend2440 1 hour agoI’m not buying that many people could save $500 on groceries. That’s more than my entire grocery budget.