3min chapter

Medical Spa Insider cover image

Approaches to Medical Weight Loss: Working with Insurance

Medical Spa Insider

CHAPTER

The Challenges of Compounding Pharmacies

Even with the challenges, I am very strongly against using compounded pharmacies. All of the data that we have that makes these medications really powerful is only applicable to FDA regulated medications. So there's so many additional layers of assuring that our patients have the safety and efficacy that for me, the pain of going through the pharmacy and insurance is still worth it. But right now it is challenging to get legoebi and it's challenging really for those starting doses because month one of treatment is one dose and then month two is another dose. And because of the huge surge of May of 2023, those starting doses are absolutely in short supply. We have to move quickly.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode