Wegovy/Ozempic/Zepbound for weight loss

[medicare_bid]

They are miracle drugs.

I've been Type 1 Diabetic from birth like my father. These drugs changed my life.

But I wasn't authorized to get them. They are authorized for Type II, not Type I (for bullshit reasons that will eventually change). I had to go to Henrymeds and lie about my weight (said I was fatter then I am) to get it compounded for cash.

I take a lower dose then recommended and it has still helped me lose 20+ pounds and completely eliminate swings in my blood sugar while lowering my insulin intake substantially.

I recommend anything you can do to get clients on these drugs. You can lie about your weight in a televisit, they don't care.

 

[straightnochaser]

They are miracle drugs.

I've been Type 1 Diabetic from birth like my father. These drugs changed my life.

But I wasn't authorized to get them. They are authorized for Type II, not Type I (for bullshit reasons that will eventually change). I had to go to Henrymeds and lie about my weight (said I was fatter then I am) to get it compounded for cash.

I take a lower dose then recommended and it has still helped me lose 20+ pounds and completely eliminate swings in my blood sugar while lowering my insulin intake substantially.

I recommend anything you can do to get clients on these drugs. You can lie about your weight in a televisit, they don't care.

Yea I am not gonna advise my clients to commit insurance fraud lol

 

[annon123]

Ozempic is great for weight loss when you’re taking it but if you make no lifestyle changes and come off that weight will come right back.. people want easy fixes and life just isn’t like that.

Those drugs stimulate the production of Leptin (the hormone that makes you feel full) earlier than it otherwise would as a result you eat less and don't feel hungry. Interestingly, with the satin Crestor, some folks gain weight on that one Leptin is not triggered until you have eaten far more than you'd "normally" eat (eg not taking that drug). So stop Ozempic and you lost the "early trigger" to feel full earlier so you eat more again. Stop Crestor and you have that full feeling triggered earlier (normally) and you eat less again and lose weight. Of course there are likely a bunch of other factors involved, but this is one of the main mechanisms involved in the weight loss with that (and similar) drugs.

 

[InsuranceGuy29]

They are miracle drugs.

I've been Type 1 Diabetic from birth like my father. These drugs changed my life.

But I wasn't authorized to get them. They are authorized for Type II, not Type I (for bullshit reasons that will eventually change). I had to go to Henrymeds and lie about my weight (said I was fatter then I am) to get it compounded for cash.

I take a lower dose then recommended and it has still helped me lose 20+ pounds and completely eliminate swings in my blood sugar while lowering my insulin intake substantially.

I recommend anything you can do to get clients on these drugs. You can lie about your weight in a televisit, they don't care.

Respectfully, there's really nothing groundbreaking about them. They are just appetite suppressants. There are natural supplements that will do the same thing (Berberine is one) for $10, but they advertise HEAVILY and brainwash everyone into "asking their doctor."

And their doctor, who is always getting major-paid by big pharma, is more than happy to accommodate. To anyone curious, if someone takes Ozempic, Novo-Nordisk has a program where they can get it free, directly from them, the manufacturer. Push the costs onto them.

As we've seen with the so-called "Inflation Reduction Act," RX costs very much eat away at the insurance companies' bottom line, and as most of the collateral damage, we agents and Medicare beneficiaries take the brunt of it in cuts.