Getting on GLP-1 after doctor says no

[Anonymous]

I get mine online and was 15lbs overweight at first. I find some doctors frustrating: you're relentlessly telling a presumably middle aged perimenopausal woman, a very difficult time to lose weight in life, to lose weight (which is up to debate as to why depending on your blood work, 15lbs is not that much) but you don't want to empower her to do it. It would really bother me and I'd switch docs due to the fattist attitude and lack of help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your doc needs to monitor liver function when on these meds. Also if you have side effects it’s a conversation that you would want to have openly.

It actually helps the liver more than it harms it.

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/how-do-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-affect-liver

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your doc needs to monitor liver function when on these meds. Also if you have side effects it’s a conversation that you would want to have openly.

It actually helps the liver more than it harms it.

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/how-do-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-affect-liver

It can. That’s the intended effect. It can also cause issues with liver and pancreas.its an crapshoot. Ever body is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your doc needs to monitor liver function when on these meds. Also if you have side effects it’s a conversation that you would want to have openly.

It actually helps the liver more than it harms it.

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/how-do-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-affect-liver

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your doc needs to monitor liver function when on these meds. Also if you have side effects it’s a conversation that you would want to have openly.

It actually helps the liver more than it harms it.

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/how-do-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-affect-liver

It can. That’s the intended effect. It can also cause issues with liver and pancreas.its an crapshoot. Ever body is different.

Also gallstones.

[Anonymous]

I’d get it and tell her after the fact. Same situation and that’s what I did. My doctor didn’t even bat an eye.
Doctors can only prescribe if you’re qualified. And unfortunately you don’t fit the BMI profile to officially qualify for it, and you’re going to have to pay out of pocket anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and the doctor was really happy I’d lost weight and my #s were good a year later. But still wouldn’t write a prescription.

This is because they know that, somewhere down the line, there are going to be massive lawsuits when we begin to see what these drugs are really doing to people’s long term health.

[Anonymous]

It's so stupid, it's like a doctor telling you to lower your BP or blood sugar - but no medication for you. Just do it without help.

I couldn't stay on a diet very long in the past without getting gallstone attacks. Dieting with GLP-1 has prevented gallstones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's so stupid, it's like a doctor telling you to lower your BP or blood sugar - but no medication for you. Just do it without help.

I couldn't stay on a diet very long in the past without getting gallstone attacks. Dieting with GLP-1 has prevented gallstones.

Actually, many people do lower their BP and/or blood sugar without medication. These are lifestyle issues, just as is the "need" for a GLP-1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, and the doctor was really happy I’d lost weight and my #s were good a year later. But still wouldn’t write a prescription.

This is because they know that, somewhere down the line, there are going to be massive lawsuits when we begin to see what these drugs are really doing to people’s long term health.

Please go away with your ignorant wishful thinking. I have had my cardiologist and my primary doctor tell me that these drugs are only going to gain traction in treating many different things off label as well as for weight loss. They are pretty much a miracle drug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and the doctor was really happy I’d lost weight and my #s were good a year later. But still wouldn’t write a prescription.

This is because they know that, somewhere down the line, there are going to be massive lawsuits when we begin to see what these drugs are really doing to people’s long term health.

Please go away with your ignorant wishful thinking. I have had my cardiologist and my primary doctor tell me that these drugs are only going to gain traction in treating many different things off label as well as for weight loss. They are pretty much a miracle drug.

New poster. I don’t disagree with you. I think that they can be really great for many people.

However, there’s a reason why it needs to be managed with your own personal physician vs online doc. They need to take blood tests to make sure you’re on track with the meds. The impact needs to be seen in person if you are not looking well a doc in a box is not going to know that.

Some people’s bodies are not managing these drugs well. Sometimes that’s because the folks aren’t doing the things they need to to work with the medicine like hydrating, moving their body enough and getting the right nutrition.

Others are having significant improvement beyond just weight loss.

It’s all a balance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and the doctor was really happy I’d lost weight and my #s were good a year later. But still wouldn’t write a prescription.

This is because they know that, somewhere down the line, there are going to be massive lawsuits when we begin to see what these drugs are really doing to people’s long term health.

I totally agree. With such huge numbers of people using it off label, long term, the effects will soon be known. I think it was after about 10 years of wide usage for Fen-Phen to be pulled of the market.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and the doctor was really happy I’d lost weight and my #s were good a year later. But still wouldn’t write a prescription.

This is because they know that, somewhere down the line, there are going to be massive lawsuits when we begin to see what these drugs are really doing to people’s long term health.

Please go away with your ignorant wishful thinking. I have had my cardiologist and my primary doctor tell me that these drugs are only going to gain traction in treating many different things off label as well as for weight loss. They are pretty much a miracle drug.

Maybe it's not the heart it affects, like Fen/phen. Maybe it is the gastric system and intestines. Time will tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and the doctor was really happy I’d lost weight and my #s were good a year later. But still wouldn’t write a prescription.

This is because they know that, somewhere down the line, there are going to be massive lawsuits when we begin to see what these drugs are really doing to people’s long term health.

Please go away with your ignorant wishful thinking. I have had my cardiologist and my primary doctor tell me that these drugs are only going to gain traction in treating many different things off label as well as for weight loss. They are pretty much a miracle drug.

New poster. I don’t disagree with you. I think that they can be really great for many people.

However, there’s a reason why it needs to be managed with your own personal physician vs online doc. They need to take blood tests to make sure you’re on track with the meds. The impact needs to be seen in person if you are not looking well a doc in a box is not going to know that.

Some people’s bodies are not managing these drugs well. Sometimes that’s because the folks aren’t doing the things they need to to work with the medicine like hydrating, moving their body enough and getting the right nutrition.

Others are having significant improvement beyond just weight loss.

It’s all a balance.

Yes, of course. Anything you put in your body can have an adverse effect and your doctor should know about.

My MIL takes all kinds of supplements she "researches" online and claims help her with this and that. They aren't regulated of course but somehow she trusts that and her research more than her doctors. She ended up in the hospital because of a severe interaction they had while she was taking them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and the doctor was really happy I’d lost weight and my #s were good a year later. But still wouldn’t write a prescription.

This is because they know that, somewhere down the line, there are going to be massive lawsuits when we begin to see what these drugs are really doing to people’s long term health.

Please go away with your ignorant wishful thinking. I have had my cardiologist and my primary doctor tell me that these drugs are only going to gain traction in treating many different things off label as well as for weight loss. They are pretty much a miracle drug.

You believe that I or any rational person would hope this (massive lawsuits) will happen?! No. I dread the day because it’s going to turn health care upside down.

In your 10 minute visits with them, your doctors are smiling and telling you what you want to hear. And what the current thinking on the subject may be. That doesn’t mean there won’t be a massive reversal in 10-20 years, when the effects of these drugs becomes better known.

Oh, and there are no miracle drugs. EVERY drug you inject into your body has potentially negative side effects. Even penicillin and aspirin.