Approximately 15% of users quit weight loss injections because of the cost.
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 16, 2026
The claim's 15% figure does not match the cost data: primary and tier-1 studies find cost or insurance was the leading reason for stopping, at about 48% of discontinuers, which works out to roughly a quarter of all users. The 15% figure in the sources is the side-effect share, not the cost share.
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… Quick break, and I'll show you exactly what I mean. Hey, these weight loss injections are everywhere, but here's the catch: about 15% of users quit because of the cost, another 15% because of the side effects. A while back, I had a bit of a health crisis. I had bad arthritis, still do. I had to lose some weight. I had to lose about 20 lb. I wound up losing about 40. I used Lean. I did my research on those injections. …
The Dan Bongino Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. A primary study of 288 patients found 47.6% of discontinuations were due to cost or insurance issues, while only 14.6% were due to side effects.[2]
Contradicts. A Cleveland Clinic summary of the same study reports 47.6% stopped for financial reasons, versus 14.6% for side effects.[3]
Contradicts. Ulster University reports that around 50% of patients discontinue within 12 months, with cost and insurance accounting for almost 48% of discontinuations, against about 15% for gastrointestinal side effects.[4]
Supports. Cost is indeed a major reason for quitting. Combined with a roughly 50% discontinuation rate, that implies cost-driven quitting is closer to a quarter of users, not 15%.[1][4][5]
Context. The 15% figure appears in ConsumerAffairs as the share of users who quit due to side effects, not cost. The post's "15% because of the cost" appears to be a mix-up with that statistic.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Health Rounds: Patients drop fewer pounds with weight-loss drugs in real world than in trialsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Reasons for Discontinuation of Obesity Pharmacotherapy With ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 3Cost, Side Effects Top Reasons for Quitting GLP-1s for Obesityconsultqd.clevelandclinic.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Why are people stopping weight-loss injections? ...ulster.ac.uk · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5Half of GLP-1 users ditch their injections - and some are turning to other weight-loss methods insteadmorningstar.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6How Do Weight Loss Injections Work? - ConsumerAffairsconsumeraffairs.com · not rated · cited for: context
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