How do you counsel patients on the use of compounded weight loss medications?  

This is a question for which there are no really good answers. I counsel patients that compounded medications come with a degree of uncertainty about source, safety, and efficacy. Therefore, the conservative approach would be to not even consider using compounded medication. On the other hand, often...

It is a difficult question that is being asked more frequently, recently, because of the shortage of these drugs. I handle it the same way that I used to handle when patients asked about the use of herbs as food supplements. The important fact is that we don't know the reliability of these products....

This is an active area of concern for our patients - I have several patients accessing medications through the web. Some have done well, and some have had issues with dosing and misinformation. I have tried some of the websites for compounding pharmacies and in some instances with a reported BMI of ...