Drugs and prescribing

Weight-loss drug side effects: Who’s checking your labs?

Here's a scene I suspect is playing out in a lot of exam rooms. A patient you haven't seen in eight months comes in for something unrelated. She's down 45 pounds. You ask how she's paying for her semaglutide now…

Here’s a scene I suspect is playing out in a lot of exam rooms. A patient you haven’t seen in eight months comes in for something unrelated. She’s down 45 pounds. You ask how she’s paying for her semaglutide now that her insurance dropped it. She smiles: “Oh, I get it online.” Then you ask when she last had blood work. Silence. That silence is the problem.

According to the Massachusetts …

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Weight-loss drug side effects: Who’s checking your labs?