Omg!😱 unbelievable

I’ve only done compounded Tirzepatide. get $40 off using code QIYGO8 Joinmochi.com

Great job!👏

Very shady! They figured out it was expensive for them to cover :(

Thanks! Christopher loves the news 📰

Yep thats why we use Mochi

Always best to follow your doctor’s advice ❤️

Walgreens wanted a diagnosis code from the Dr. No other pharmacies have asked for that.

Thanks

Are you on a GLP-1 now? I see several people try them after weight loss surgery. Unfortunately weight loss surgery doesn't stop the hunger or the food noise. Thanks for your comment!

@@thedownsized Yes Im 12 weeks into Zepbound. Ive lost 22 pounds so far. Ive got 120 more to go. I believe that this med can get me there...and maintain the loss.

Congratulations on your weight loss! Keep us posted on your progress! 😍

Sounds painful, but you do what you have to do! I'm glad you are able to get it covered.

This is christopher - that is the there but the reality is more than 40% of America is obese and even the Eli Lilly Ceo does not believe they will catch up with demand until they have a daily pill that can be easily manufactured> Compounding can also be legally used in its traditional form as a way to create custom versions of these drugs combining them with other meds (b12 is common) is the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual patient

Compounders are regulated by the State, We have used Mochi for telehealth and they have used Hallendale pharmacy out of Florida for our medications. Laraine has used them her entire time. You've got this!

We have coverage through the Marketplace. Previously I have worked for a big company that was self funded. They didn't like to cover ANYTHING

Yes and yes! Everyone get out there and VOTE 🗳️

Not a bad idea, definitely keep a log of your weight if nothing else. Your iphone tracks your steps. Also if you are covered make sure to fill it every 28 days!

Oh no. I’m sorry.

@@thedownsizedit’s ok I started out with the compound and it works but it’s still about a 200 difference in money

Agreed!

I’m still confused about how the compound pharmacies actually get the drugs. I know they CAN add vitamins to it to make it “compounded”, but mine is just straight tirzepatide just like the drug in the injector pens from EL….so how does EL allow this cash cow of this drug that is still under patent, to be duplicated in random pharmacies around the country? Are they giving them the “recipe” to make it? Are they shipping the liquid to the pharmacies in large quantities for it to be bottled in vials and then managed to customers? Do the compound pharmacies then have to pay EL a reduced price for them kind of like a wholesaler or middle man. I always envisioned a compound pharmacist as someone with a mortar and pestle mixing up concoctions per Dr orders on individual basis…but these can’t work that way since they are patented. How long will EL allow this to go on…unless they are still making a ton by selling it to the compound pharmacies? Insurance companies are forcing people into compounds. Drug companies have to be OK with it or they would put a stop to it. Sorry so long!

According to the FDA Sections 503A and 503B of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act set conditions under which compounded human drug products are exempt from certain federal requirements, such as pre-market drug approval. pi.lilly.com/us/zepbound-us-mg.pdf Lilly holds a patent Zepbound and mounjaro: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6e/ea/64/6dc49bc3fc7df9/US11357820.pdf It does not however mean that it is impossible to manufacture as the peptides and base ingredients are easily obtainable,. So no Lilly is not selling this to the compounders and they are not making money off of it. They have talked about it and they are not happy, but given FDA regs below they have very little choice. In the long run compounding makes the market much larger for what they are selling so it will grow their business. but yes they would love to capture every dollar. FDA's statements Section 503A addresses compounding by state-licensed pharmacies, among others, who make and distribute drugs based on individual patient prescriptions. Such pharmacies make up a majority of compounders in the U.S. and are primarily regulated by the states. If these compounded drugs meet the conditions of section 503A they are also exempt from current good manufacturing practice requirements - the quality standard generally applied to drug manufacturers. One of the conditions of section 503A restricts compounded drugs that are essentially copies of commercially available drugs, but FDA does not consider a drug to be commercially available when it appears on FDA’s drug shortages list. If a drug is not in shortage, “copies” can be compounded under section 503A as long as the compounding is not done "regularly or in inordinate amounts." All other conditions of section 503A would have to be met, including compounding based on a valid prescription for an identified individual patient. Section 503B addresses compounding by “outsourcing facilities” - a special group of compounders that may distribute supplies of drugs directly to doctor’s offices or hospitals without receiving individual patient prescriptions. Outsourcing facilities register with FDA, must comply with current good manufacturing practice requirements, and report products they produce to FDA, among other requirements. www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/drug-compounding-and-drug-shortages#:~:text=If%20a%20drug%20is%20not,for%20an%20identified%20individual%20patient.

@Lindabookmiller8803 Tirzepatide is a peptide, or hormone. Eli Lilly didn't "create" this in a lab. It is a naturally occurring hormone in humans. Eli Lilly has nothing do to with the compounded versions.