GLP-1 medications prescribed by a licensed healthcare provider for the treatment of a qualifying medical condition including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors, and obstructive sleep apnea are eligible medical expenses under Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts under IRS guidelines
Imagine the trauma children will experience when they are told not only is their body diseased but that they need medication or surgery to fix it, reads a letter from the Collaborative of Eating Disorders Organizations, a coalition of local, national, and international groups focused on awareness of eating disorders and access to quality care
Some countries have restrictions on certain medications or require advance approval, translated documentation, or specific customs declarations
It has been known for several years that it is extremely difficult to lose weight once obesity has set in, which means that we must take a proactive approach with children and adolescents, before they accumulate excess weight that exposes them to a very high risk of obesity in adulthood (more than 80% of obese adults were already obese during their childhood)
Dual Functions of Intraflagellar Transport Protein IFT20 in Spermiogenesis: Formation of Sperm Flagella and Removal of Cytoplasm by Autophagy (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2016)
X Longer treatment adherence Dedicated support keeps patients on GLP-1s twice as long, compounding the long-term benefits