By Patrick OBrien, JD, General Counsel, American Med Spa Association (AmSpa) With the great popularity of weight loss treatments using GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide, AmSpa has received a number of questions regarding what rules to follow in offering these treatments
These include sarcoidosis, high phosphate blood levels, high calcium blood levels, excessive vitamin D levels, arteriosclerosis with occlusion of the arteries, kidney stones, kidney disease with reduced kidney function, and allergies to vitamin D
As with prescribing any other course of treatment, a licensed practitioner must establish a practitioner/patient relationship, take a medical history, make a diagnosis that would necessitate IV therapy, develop a treatment plan and prescribe IV treatment for the specific patient
And, according to Lobrillo, Kane County is not alone among surrounding counties in seeing high costs related to GLP-1 drugs
Simulating drug concentrations in PDMS microfluidic organ chips
