(Theres a whole rabbit-hole here I could go down wondering why, exactly, when medical experts seem to think obesity is responsible for every single malady known to mankind, insurance wont help people take the pre-emptive step of losing weight before they get to the seriously ill point caveating this by saying that a lot of the alleged links between obesity and illness are correlative, rather than causative, and scientists are still very unsure about how much anti-fat bias in medicine, to use one example, contributes to bad health outcomes for fat people.) However, she continued, there is a compounding pharmacy in Michigan that makes up generic semaglutide and will post it out to patients and, while my insurance wont cover that either, getting the medication that way costs between $200 and $300 a month, a fraction of what it costs to get from Novo Nordisk, the Danish healthcare company that owns Ozempic and Wegovy

Given that weight control and a low risk of hypoglycaemia are key considerations for this patient, the addition of a GLP-1RA may be the most appropriate choice
Most importantly, do not discontinue your medication without consulting your prescriber, as abrupt cessation may affect your diabetes control or weight management progress
Injury severity, age, metabolic health, protein intake, sleep quality, training load, inflammation, and rehabilitation strategy all matter
Still, it requires a special injector pen and consistent refrigeration