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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I think the online things are not a good value. Find a primary care doc. [b]Getting a prescription is easy, [/b]getting it covered is not but the online companies don’t have any magic. A primary care doc can prescribe it to you at an annual visit which shouldn’t cost you anything, so why pay a fee to an online doctor? They’re just preying on the sense of scarcity. [/quote]

Wrong. Many (most?) primary care doctors will not just prescribe a GLP-1.  They require testing, trying other weight loss methods/programs, more testing. Sometimes you need to visit a endocrinologist. The wait time to be seen is insane.

There is a sense of scarcity, because many doctors are not comfortable or familiar with GLP1s.

Plus just to get an annual visit to my primary care doctor takes about three months.  Then you start the testing process.
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Well, the testing is smart. My dad is diabetic and took Ozempic for diabetes. It caused pancreatitis--a not uncommon side effect. At a very minimum, triglycerides should be tested before starting these drugs. [/quote]

Np but pancreatitis is very scary. Beware. [/quote]

This is why I won’t titrate past .5. Sure I lose way slower, because I still have an appetite, but the meds just take that edge off my hunger. Allows me to control myself, but I can easily gain weight on it without keeping my self under control. It happened over spring break when we traveled to an incredible food destination and I put on 3lbs in one week.

I’m losing about a pound a week, which is fine by me. My blood pressure went back down to normal after the first 10lbs.[/quote]

I’m in my second month at .5, 3rd month overall. I still can’t eat a big meal and can’t drink more than a glass of wine. It makes it effective but it is a challenge in social settings or at restaurants. Maybe that will fade the longer I am at .5. Like you I don’t plan to go above that. [/quote]

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