Some commercial insurance plans do cover Wegovy or Zepbound for weight management, but this varies significantly by plan, employer, and state
Perhaps the most applicable research of interest to those pursuing performance enhancement and general well being is a study that explored the effect of BPC-157 injection and topical cream application on rats with induced skeletal muscle damage
Kawamori D, Kurpad AJ, Hu J, et al
Insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction
This synthetic compound was shown to increase muscle mass by 2.5 times in animal studies, though it has never been studied in humans
The pivotal STEP 1 trial demonstrated that participants receiving semaglutide 2.4 mg achieved an average weight loss of 14.9% of initial body weight over 68 weeks, compared to 2.4% with placebo