Not everyone responds to GLP-1 drugs, and we are not sure why just yet, says Mert Erogul, MD, an obesity medicine physician at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY
Although depression is not a common side effect, nor a long-term side effect of Mounjaro, it has been mentioned in some reports
Practical comparison Many people find their preferred site after trying all three over several weeks
Pens, meanwhile, come prefilled with a single dose of the medication (or, in some cases, several doses with swappable needles)
(Both the Part D out-of-pocket spending cap and Medicare drug price negotiations were established under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.) The full analysis, and other data and analyses about Medicare spending on prescription drugs, is available at kff.org.