Primary care practices are seeing an uptick in patients inquiring about glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications due to both media hype and sizzle-reel stories they see on social media. If your patients start an appointment with their own agenda about wanting a prescription for these medications, there are ways to pause the pressure and pivot to other options first. Here is how to better handle noncompliant patients who may not want to follow your advice.
How to Offer Other Proactive Measures
Understanding the goals of your patients can help alleviate some pushback from the start of an appointment.
“When discussing GLP-1 receptor agonists or any ant-obesity medication, clinicians (should) approach the conversation with a…