A lifeline These clinics and technicians provide an essential lifeline for so many who are dragging themselves around trying to survive on one injection every three months whilst trying to function, keep their mental health on track, look after a family, hold down a job and who may have had to home school on top of everything else during this years lockdowns
Major insurers, including UnitedHealthcare and Cigna, often cover medical weight loss treatments when clinically justified
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Because GLP-1s are delivered at home, they fall under pharmacy benefits but many payers only cover them for diabetes, not for weight loss
However, slowed gut motility poses a risk for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, which can cause symptoms like bloating and changes in stool quality