Disclaimer: This petition was created and is led by me, Amanda Bonello, in my personal capacity as an individual advocate
What they're saying: According to the lawsuit, one of the plaintiffs switched from Zepbound to Wegovy in August after exhausting all appeals to Caremark, then "experienced a number of side effects, including the return of his Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, stomach pain, hunger, and, most notably, weight gain." "Because of their different methods of action, different clinical outcomes, and different side effects for individual patients, Zepbound and Wegovy are not clinically interchangeable," the lawsuit states
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Monthly treatment costs range from 1,500 to 2,500