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Anonymous79
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Now I know something similar to this has been asked but I'm going to ask it a different way. So I could stand to use a little weight (mainly because of fatty liver and elevated triglycerides) and my doctor asked me If I wanted to try this Mounjaro injectable because supposedly it works very very very well for weight loss (off label). My question is two pronged:
1) I'm not diabetic so I'm not exactly sure how this would be documented in my file at my doctor's office as far as a diagnosis for the prescription itself (in the event the FAA ever asked me to provide a copy of my treatment records)
2) This medication isn't covered by my insurance but the manufacturer has a promotion to where you could fill a prescription every month for a year for $25 bucks without insurance.
So basically from what I understand the FAA has access to the insurance codes or something but if say someone took this for 6 months, lost the weight they needed to lose and then got off of it (assuming you could quit taking it after you reached your goal weight) then what are the odds that anyone other than the patient and doctor and the pharmacy would ever know you were even on it because it was never filed under insurance. I mean I guess the FAA could randomly ask you to provide them with prescription records but the odds of that seem extremely low.
Also, I currently do hold a 3rd class medical that is valid until 2023 so if I went on the medication I'd be off way before my next exam and looking at the Form 8500 i don't have a condition that I'd need to report other than just being overweight so technically I don't have a disqualifying medical condition that would make me unfit for flight but I also know that this medication isn't on the FAA approved list as of yet.
1) I'm not diabetic so I'm not exactly sure how this would be documented in my file at my doctor's office as far as a diagnosis for the prescription itself (in the event the FAA ever asked me to provide a copy of my treatment records)
2) This medication isn't covered by my insurance but the manufacturer has a promotion to where you could fill a prescription every month for a year for $25 bucks without insurance.
So basically from what I understand the FAA has access to the insurance codes or something but if say someone took this for 6 months, lost the weight they needed to lose and then got off of it (assuming you could quit taking it after you reached your goal weight) then what are the odds that anyone other than the patient and doctor and the pharmacy would ever know you were even on it because it was never filed under insurance. I mean I guess the FAA could randomly ask you to provide them with prescription records but the odds of that seem extremely low.
Also, I currently do hold a 3rd class medical that is valid until 2023 so if I went on the medication I'd be off way before my next exam and looking at the Form 8500 i don't have a condition that I'd need to report other than just being overweight so technically I don't have a disqualifying medical condition that would make me unfit for flight but I also know that this medication isn't on the FAA approved list as of yet.