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Mechanistically, these meds slow stomach emptying and enhance fullness, which is part of why they workand part of why GI symptoms happen
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Eli Lilly will almost certainly offer a manufacturer savings card for retatrutide, similar to the Zepbound savings card that reduces the monthly cost to $25 for commercially insured patients