No insurance for semaglutide

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are people curing their diabetes with Ozempic? Are people curing their obesity with it? Or are they just taking it for the rest of their lives, at a significant cost, only to succumb to the devastating health effects of diabetes and obesity.

So, to my understanding, the idea is that the Olympic helps lower the AIC blood sugar and also helps reduce obesity. These two things can help avoid complications of diabetes. So I think the idea is to avoid the devastating complications, which is much cheaper than hospitalizations and things like that.

I think the label actually does a good job explaining the Mechanism of Action. Requires some extracurricular reading, but this paragraph sort of sums it up: Semaglutide reduces blood glucose through a mechanism where it stimulates insulin secretion and lowers glucagon secretion, both in a glucose-dependent manner. Thus, when blood glucose is high, insulin secretion is stimulated and glucagon secretion is inhibited. The mechanism of blood glucose lowering also involves a minor delay in gastric emptying in the early postprandial phase.

Label: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2017/209637lbl.pdf

[Anonymous]

Leesburg Compounding Pharmacy sells a 2.5mg vial of compounded semaglutide for $75. They compound it, send it to a lab to be tested, then dispense after it’s been tested. They don’t take insurance.

[Anonymous]

how do you get a prescription for it if you are not obese or diabetic?

[Anonymous]

I just purchase it self-pay with the savings card. I decided that $550/month is worth the cost if it works. (Some people calculate how much they save on food/restaurants to justify. I've not done that, but there must be some savings.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister has been diabetic for 20 years. She is on Wegovy. Nothings changed. Of course, she still eats out constantly, and orders things like fettuccine Alfredo, so what can you do?

She might be eating less overall which is how we lose weight. And once she starts feeling better she may start exercising more.

[Anonymous]

I'm on mounjaro and just pay for it out of pocket. $700/month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm on mounjaro and just pay for it out of pocket. $700/month.[/quote

Where can you find Mounjaro for $700/month?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on mounjaro and just pay for it out of pocket. $700/month.[/quote

Where can you find Mounjaro for $700/month?

Mountjaro is the same as Zepbound, and there is a savings card available on the Lily website that brings it to $550. There are some restrictions, but if you haven't checked it out, I'd suggest you do. (There may also be a savings card for Mounjaro.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leesburg Compounding Pharmacy sells a 2.5mg vial of compounded semaglutide for $75. They compound it, send it to a lab to be tested, then dispense after it’s been tested. They don’t take insurance.

How many doses in a vial?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have now achieved a new level of entitlement for weight loss drugs. Amazing.

If OP has been in big law long enough for the work to be a reason for the weight gain, the cost of this is a rounding error.

Option 1 is pay for it. But when OP washes out and ends up in-house for the postal service, it might be a financial burden.

Option 2 is accept lower compensation, drop out yourself, start living normally and correct whatever behavior lead to the problem in the first place.

NP. Are you always such a d*ck?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hahahaha!

Perhaps get diabetes first?

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister has been diabetic for 20 years. She is on Wegovy. Nothings changed. Of course, she still eats out constantly, and orders things like fettuccine Alfredo, so what can you do?

I was at a lunch today, sitting next to a table of three women. All three of them had bacon cheesburgers and fries, and as they were eating they were discussing diets and how hard it is to lose weight. (They were probably 40-50lbs overweight?). Yeah, you think? If that's how you're eating?

[Anonymous]

Don't be surprised if it doesn't work for you, either. It doesn't work for a LOT of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are people curing their diabetes with Ozempic? Are people curing their obesity with it? Or are they just taking it for the rest of their lives, at a significant cost, only to succumb to the devastating health effects of diabetes and obesity.

Most people on diabetes meds are on them for life. The alternative to Ozempic is not no meds...

What? Ozempic is a med. Some of you will probably be on them for the rest of your lives if you don’t change basic weight loss and maintenance habits as part of your lifestyle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leesburg Compounding Pharmacy sells a 2.5mg vial of compounded semaglutide for $75. They compound it, send it to a lab to be tested, then dispense after it’s been tested. They don’t take insurance.

How many doses in a vial?

It depends on your dose. Normally start out at .25 for four weeks, then .5 for four weeks, then up from there. So the first two months are more are just one vial each. Some people stay at .5 because it works for them (so a vial would last five weeks).