glp 1 bcbs coverage Rising Costs Lead Insurers to Drop Weight Loss Drug Coverage, Further Increasing Patient Burden Upcoming Insurance Changes for GLP-1

Nayab Dhanani, Wellstar primary care provider

Dose adjustments, slower titration [dose increase] schedules, hydration strategies, nutrition counseling, and other symptom-management approaches can often help improve tolerability

The UK medicines regulator, the MHRA, has updated the product information for healthcare professionals and patients regarding the "small risk of severe acute pancreatitis in patients taking GLP-1s." While rare, the sheer scale of GLP-1 use in the UK with one recent study suggesting 1.6 million adults had used them in the last 12 months, and 3.3 million were interested in trying them in the following year makes it important for clinicians and patients to be aware of the warning signs of pancreatitis, said the regulator

Immunology (2020) 160(1):2437