The workaround many prescribers use: if a non-diabetic patient also has a comorbidity that a GLP-1 drug treats (cardiovascular disease for Wegovy, sleep apnea for Zepbound), the prescriber can request coverage under that indication
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During the shortage, licensed compounding pharmacies were permitted to prepare custom-dose formulations when FDA-approved products were unavailable
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