How many people keep that they are on GLP-1's from their medical professional?

[MsGizmo]

Agreed — my primary care physician (US) sent me to the obesity clinic telling me to expect a six-month wait for an appointment. I rang (knowing the meds would cost a FORTUNE but I would finally take the plunge) to be told they were NOT even TAKING appointments for an indeterminate length of time. This is a major university teaching hospital known world wide for its heroically successful heart surgeries! Fast forward 16 months later, a lost of 80+ lbs, no longer prediabetic, no more HBP, lipids going in a good direction — and I get the same physician on an unrelated matter (touch of sciatica from an old hockey injury). I feel like this is my big chance to take a victory lap — I tell her I was able to get the meds through “telehealth” (which was true until I decided I do not like being ripped off by compounded). I tell her how easy it was to ring up for a doctor appointment and get a prescription for compound. I was secretary hoping for something like “Congrats, you found your way when established medicine gave up on you. Now you may live to see grandchildren!” But nope! It makes me feel that the docs are so numb that they really cannot find a way in their souls to care about the life improving benefits of these meds even when they are TALKING FACE TO FACE with the evidence.

Your primary care doc didn't need to send you to a clinic to give you access to a GLP1 .. they could have just written the script for it themselves. Mine did. All I had to do is ask for it. I mean I'm happy for you that you skipped the high prices .. but still.

 

[Morbius]

I wonder how glp1 would effect a pet scan?

PET scans show metabolic activity, so things that use a lot of energy, like tumors, light up. I assume it can get an overall view of fat vs lean mass like a DEXA scan, too.

Being generally less fat due to a GLP-1 med does not seem like it would stick out on a PET scan but I could be wrong.

 

[Int96]

I just tell them I'm taking Semaglutide and not Retatrutide and that it's prescribed online. That's close enough for what they need to know unless there is an emergency.

 

[desinr-gal]

The insurance carriers are looking for reasons to offload people..I won't tell them anything.
I once told an anesthesiologist my son might have smoked weed the night before surgery, and now he has it permanently in his record that he is a cigarette smoker!
🤫

 

[ContainHer]

I am all for telling our medical professional everything as I think its disingenuous to expect them to be able to do their job with some major facts missing (even if you do think you know better than them). But I am currently applying for equity on my flat and have to give access to my medical records to the lenders, the less information showing I'm potentially sickly, taking un-prescribed drugs or at least a hypochondriac on that the better.

But then how in all good faith can I ask someone to help me when I haven't told them something that could be very relevant but I dont realise it? (The post about GLP-1's affecting PET-CT imaging scans being a case in point.)
So if you are taking anything, do you tell all, especially if it may affect insurance or other important life points in the future?
loud but what about lesser evils?

Absolutely wild you have to provide your medical records. I'm not much help to your direct question, BUT...I tell my doc everything - minus the actual source, I'm not going to tell her to hit up JEEP and stock the clinic, but my last two PCP's know all my trial and error. I have yet to find that information anywhere in my post summary notes or summary. I've also asked to review the prior visit and it's not documented. To be fair, I add this commentary after intake is complete, and ask for a safe space to discuss.