Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

People can’t stop talking about semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), the buzzy diabetes and weight loss drug. Ozempic and Wegovy are injectable medications: Users prick themselves with a preloaded syringe ...