A balanced diet, regular exercise, and proper rest are still essential to achieving your fitness goals
As part of their agreements with CMS, the manufacturers must demonstrate how these lifestyle support programs will meet the program requirements, including encouraging healthy eating and increasing physical activity, supporting medication adherence, ensuring engagement with the program on a regular basis, and ensuring availability of this program to all patients receiving these medications, either online or offline for those who have limited digital access
Key highlights GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro can cost $800-$1,300 per month without insurance coverage, making them unaffordable for many patients
After years of use in practice, we use it in time-boxed, medically supervised courses (up to 12 months) with clear goals and monitoring
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