Insurance and Prior Authorization Even if you meet FDA criteria, insurance often adds hoops: Documented lifestyle intervention often 3-6 months of supervised diet, exercise, and behavior change before authorization Step therapy requiring failure of older agents like phentermine or orlistat BMI documentation requiring recent clinical measurement, not self-report Specific comorbidity documentation lab values, imaging, or specialist notes Renewal criteria demonstrating sustained weight loss (often 5% at 6-12 months) for continued coverage Many plans explicitly exclude "drugs used for weight loss" regardless of FDA labeling
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Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda, and Foundayo are all approved as weight loss medications for the following people with a demonstrated medical need to lose weight
Many practitioners recommend supplementing iodine for hypothyroid patients, sometimes in very high doses, because the thyroid hormone molecule is made up partly of iodine
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The effective clinical dose is 500-2000 mg daily
