Comment by phil21
1 day ago
> I'm sure I could find an unethical doctor to prescribe it if I looked hard enough
I'd say the only unethical doctors here would be the ones not prescribing it for you based on your description of your life and needs.
Guidelines are guidelines, not strict rules for a reason. BMI is not the end-all measurement to decide if you are a candidate for these drugs.
Find a competent doctor who understands GLP-1s and you might be surprised.
I have a Kaiser Permanente health plan via the ACA. I assume based on capitalist incentives that Kaiser would fire my primary care physician for prescribing outside the official guidelines.
But I've been thinking about this for a while and I'll talk to him anyway about the prospect of going on a low-dose GLP-1. If he's unreceptive then I'll ask about how to find a trustworthy out-of-network physician who isn't bound by the same incentives.