No insurance for semaglutide

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are substantial risks to using compounded weight loss drugs according to everything I’ve been reading.

https://www.everydayhealth.com/weight/is-it-safe-to-use-compounded-semaglutide-and-tirzepatide-for-weight-loss/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20FDA%2C%20compounded,people%20who%20take%20compounded%20semaglutide.

The link above takes you to a page that is just another hit job on compounding pharmacies. Yes, there are some bad online sources but there are legit ones as well and the bad ones are easy to identify and avoid.

Novo Nordisk has perfected the art of inundating us with misleading information through carefully crafted wording that is deceptive but not necessarily false... technically anyway. One great example is when they say, "it (Novo) does not sell its patented semaglutide for compounding, raising questions as to what, exactly, goes into compounded versions". Here Novo is relying quite successfully on the fact that individuals who are not patent attorneys do not have the knowledge or means to research just what exactly their patents cover and where they apply. My understanding is they have a finished product patent. Compounding pharmacies that ARE regulated by the states (503A pharmacies) and those also regulated by the FDA 503B pharmacies....yes,. 503B compounders ARE regulated by the FDA despite what Novo misleads us to believe)... that by dispensing Semaglutide in vials these legitimate regulated compounders are NOT in violation of a Novo finished product patent. Incidentally, even though state-regulated 503A pharmacies are not regulated directly by the FDA, they ARE required to source their active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) from FDA-regulated sources. I could go on and on but unlike the doctor from Utah in the linked article who is most likely the beneficiary of a lucrative research grant from Novo, no one is paying me for my time here. When it comes to deciphering Novo's deceptions, just know the devil is in the details: Well OK, know this too... State and FDA-regulated compounding pharmacies are a legitimate affordable source or semaglutide that many thousands of us (or more) have used successfully. That is true regardless of Novo's ongoing multi-million dollar hit-job campaign to discredit them through the art of deception.

OK, unleash the haters on me know, LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could eat less and move more?

If that worked, why would so many people struggle? Not everyone is lazy.

I walk an hour a day, lift light weights once or twice a week (yes I am adding more) and eat 1200-1400 calories a day. Wanna know how much weight I’ve lost in 3 weeks with jo cheating? 1.5 pounds.

If I have a day where I eat a normal dinner in a small portion, I’m starving all night and probably go up a pound. I’m not obese but have high cortisol and insulin resistance. Weight does not like to come off!! Menopause has been discouraging - an extra 7 lbs on top of the 17 I needed to lose already.

Stop assuming everyone is like you.
Diet and exercise work to some extent but people get hungry and if they eat just one normal meal, they can gain back a week’s worth of dieting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could eat less and move more?

If that worked, why would so many people struggle? Not everyone is lazy.

I walk an hour a day, lift light weights once or twice a week (yes I am adding more) and eat 1200-1400 calories a day. Wanna know how much weight I’ve lost in 3 weeks with jo cheating? 1.5 pounds.

If I have a day where I eat a normal dinner in a small portion, I’m starving all night and probably go up a pound. I’m not obese but have high cortisol and insulin resistance. Weight does not like to come off!! Menopause has been discouraging - an extra 7 lbs on top of the 17 I needed to lose already.

Stop assuming everyone is like you.
Diet and exercise work to some extent but people get hungry and if they eat just one normal meal, they can gain back a week’s worth of dieting.

You should apply for a Nobel prize for discovering some kind of new physics where a single meal erases a week or more of less energy intake. I’m sure the paper will be eye opening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could eat less and move more?

If that worked, why would so many people struggle? Not everyone is lazy.

I walk an hour a day, lift light weights once or twice a week (yes I am adding more) and eat 1200-1400 calories a day. Wanna know how much weight I’ve lost in 3 weeks with jo cheating? 1.5 pounds.

If I have a day where I eat a normal dinner in a small portion, I’m starving all night and probably go up a pound. I’m not obese but have high cortisol and insulin resistance. Weight does not like to come off!! Menopause has been discouraging - an extra 7 lbs on top of the 17 I needed to lose already.

Stop assuming everyone is like you.
Diet and exercise work to some extent but people get hungry and if they eat just one normal meal, they can gain back a week’s worth of dieting.

You should apply for a Nobel prize for discovering some kind of new physics where a single meal erases a week or more of less energy intake. I’m sure the paper will be eye opening.

The same thing happens to me, so you can quit being so snarky. Of course, the gain is usually water weight. But it’s also not uncommon to wipe out a weeks worth of progress with one “cheat” meal. Some of us are hungrier than you PP. You don’t understand what it’s like to be hungry all day, every day, so move along.

[Anonymous]

The compounded versions work very well. Google compounded zepbound or semaglutide and pick a service that has very good reviews. Then pay out of pocket a few hundred a month.

[Anonymous]

I am paying for it myself through one of the online providers. I pay about 250/mo. It's worth every penny. I am back to normal BMI thanks to it, first time since pre-pandemic despite all my best efforts.

[Anonymous]

For Leesburg Compounding which doctor or online service did you use to get the prescription?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am paying for it myself through one of the online providers. I pay about 250/mo. It's worth every penny. I am back to normal BMI thanks to it, first time since pre-pandemic despite all my best efforts.

Which company?

[Anonymous]

Zepbound, i.pay $550

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am paying for it myself through one of the online providers. I pay about 250/mo. It's worth every penny. I am back to normal BMI thanks to it, first time since pre-pandemic despite all my best efforts.

Which company?

DP but I use Mochi and have been happy. Subscription which includes telehelath visits is $79/month. Meds are $175/month and are shipped to your house. You can use code BVKC0N for $40 off your first month.

[Anonymous]

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

You don't. Why would you want it if you are not obese or diabetic? Oh wait, you are trolling...

[Anonymous]

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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?

I lost close to 100lbs on WW. Once a week I had room in my diet for a meal like this. So ... maybe stop with the assumptions that reveal your smug stupidity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The compounded versions work very well. Google compounded zepbound or semaglutide and pick a service that has very good reviews. Then pay out of pocket a few hundred a month.

Had my annual physical today and my doctor has asked me to consider Wegovy (I'm on the fence -- obesity + prediabetes with diabetes in my family). She was adamant that we not even think about using a compounding pharmacy because of how dangerous it is. She explained a bit about the stringent requirements for drug manufacturing and how those are out the window with the compounding pharmacies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

You don't. Why would you want it if you are not obese or diabetic? Oh wait, you are trolling...

NP- You can get one if overweight. I did, online. My mom has major issues due to being obese and having type 2 diabetes, and I wasn't going to wait until I hit an actual obese weight to take action.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The compounded versions work very well. Google compounded zepbound or semaglutide and pick a service that has very good reviews. Then pay out of pocket a few hundred a month.

Had my annual physical today and my doctor has asked me to consider Wegovy (I'm on the fence -- obesity + prediabetes with diabetes in my family). She was adamant that we not even think about using a compounding pharmacy because of how dangerous it is. She explained a bit about the stringent requirements for drug manufacturing and how those are out the window with the compounding pharmacies.

I need to do more research on compound pharmacies but how do I find one that is legit? I have been on Ozempic and pretty successful but my insurance just stopped covering it. So frustrating.