Prescription weight lost drug, Qsymia, struggling with dismal sales Are people rejecting drugs and turning to other options to solve obesity issues? ~ Cynthia G. Creel 7-3-2013

Prescription weight lost drug, Qsymia,  struggling with dismal sales

Are people rejecting drugs and turning to other options  to solve obesity issues?

~ Cynthia G. Creel 

7-3-2013

My Story:

When I had weight to loose my gut told me I didn’t get fat because I was I was lacking a drug. I knew there were many reason I had gained weight and a drug didn’t seem like the right fit. However as the great American drug companies try to solve all health issues known to make they crated one that was thought to take off like a rocket instate it seems the rocket turned into a plastic toy model just not taking off.

Qsymia, not thank you I don’t want a drug to loose weight?:

Americans spend billions to lose weight going to gym or using programs that focus only on watching your weight,  supplements and do it yourself diet book. It is clearly not working. One of the newest answers has been reported by the New York Times (1) to arrive on the market to spend hard earn money for the chance to loose weight is Qsymia a prescription weight loss drug costing around $150 per month. This is the first time in 13 years there has been a drug developed and made it to market. The promise to loose a possible weight loss of maybe around 7.8%  after a round a year, plus the side effects that may cause birth defects may come down to much hassle, too little result with to high a risk.  Virus, spending $45 million on marketing, sales and administrative expenses. The Sales totaled only $4.1 million the first quarter of this year with marketing starting in September 2012. Stock prices for Vivus dropped like a rock from $29 on the day after Qsymia was approved July 2012 to $12.41. 

Are people just saying no to drugs to help battle obesity or are they just doing nothing. A third possibility is there are two other drugs on the market splitting the attention one drug many receive and their sales.  Or are doctors recommending a life style change and not a prescription drug to eliminate the excess weight?  Will the fact that the American Medical Association recently declared  obesity a diseases open up new doors for insurance money to pay for the drug?. If insurance companies will pay for the drug that could have the possibility that may boost sale? After all no weight lost prescription has broken the barrier of $1 billion annually.  Is there any completion with Pfizer’s Lipitor, which had their highest annual sales around $13 billion. Until recently there were limited pharmacies that carried Qsymia and now there are around 8,000. There is a possibility that  a large pharmaceutical company will help market to improve sales and a direct to consumer ad campaign is scheduled to start in the fall. 

Final words:

The idea that a drug will solve the obesity problem seems to me to inelastic. There are many factors why we keep our excess weight and why we shed them. Loosing only around 7% of weight in a year may not excite that many people. The true test will come up soon when all the changes happen like insurance paying for the product an the direct to customer ad campaign. I am hoping the reality is that people know this is not the best way to go. I hope it is not a demonstration that people are giving up on weight loss and just doing whatever they want. 

Looking at the whole picture always helps me make a better choice. Be more proactive we can all become just a little bit better and the more likely the negative results in life can be avoided. Stand up tall with an upright posture and be proactive. The solution  helps to keep moving the best direction is to step onto the path of True Health.  Discover a new world. Help yourself, help the world, step on to the Path of True Health and vote with your dollars  company you want to support to create a world you will love to live in. I do, and I like the world I am helping to create. Together we can create a better life for all to remember over their entire lifetime  Together we can protect what we have so we don’t need to live in a world that is second rate.


By Design ~ “Life is good By Design”


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(1) http://www.newser.com/story/170371/are-americans-giving-up-on-diet-pills.html