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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could someone just give me the basics-can I go to an online doctor? Do they take insurance? How much does everything cost? I am fat, but don't want to deal with my primary care doctor.[/quote]

This makes me so angry.
I know docs are conservative and risk-averse but [b]the fact that people don't even want to approach their PC docs means that these docs are unreasonable.[/b] Not to make this about me but I'm having statin pressure and I'm sick of it.

I would love for your doc OP to be inviting you to look at some different options! They should be working with you and helping you. Because guess what, nobody wants to go in, get shamed, get same old lecture on diet and exercise and then meds from 20 years ago.

(and a bonus print out on the Mediterranean diet - and I weigh 125. Can you imagine.)[/quote]

I don't know if that's a fair assumption.  I know several people who've resorted to compound pharmacies to get their hands on semaglutide and they all are just slightly overweight (less than 25 lbs), not in any medical danger from excess weight.  I genuinely think it's a miracle drug, but the side effects are serious and I don't think it should be the first stop for someone looking to lose weight.  I started it when I was morbidly obese, working out 4-5x a week, and eating 90% home-cooked, low carb meals.  I still had some hard weeks where I wondered if it was worth it, and I know from being in Facebook groups about the meds that I had it easier than some of the patients in terms of side effects.[/quote]

It is a fair assumption.  I switched PCPs because mine shamed and judged me for being obese, which caused me to become healthcare- and physician-avoidant for years.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4381543/

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/08/fat-shaming[/quote]

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