Was talking to my mom tonight and discussion came up about weight loss drugs. She had seen a tv show that talked about the problem of obesity and the related health effects, and how the insurance companies won't pay for weight loss meds, but for some reason they will pay for men to have viagra. As if that is a medically necessary drug. I checked my insurance plans formulary of prescription drugs, and sure enough, viagra is listed, but not one weight loss drug.
I was wondering if it might be related to the phen phen problems that surfaced a few years ago. Is it too big a liability to offer those types of meds?
I know, I know-not the same thing :chuckle
TheLionessRN, RN
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Just to toss a monkey wrench into the machine....
Are there actually diet drugs out there that WORK? I have heard of none, but the, ummm, evidence of Viagra is pretty, ummm, obvious.