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GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic, etc.) to treat long-COVID?

Posted by roxannelee @roxannelee, Nov 15, 2025

Anyone know if health insurances will cover GLP-1 agonists to alleviate long-COVID? If not, anyone know the cost out of pocket for those meds?

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blakemcm | @blakemcm | Dec 2, 2025
In reply to @db72 "@vostie @roxannelee This is an exiting thing I’m looking into for my ME/CFS. My daughter goes..." + (show)
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@vostie @roxannelee
This is an exiting thing I’m looking into for my ME/CFS.
My daughter goes through an online program to get hers (for weight loss) at a much lesser price. She’s very happy with it and has lost a lot of weight and feels great. It costs her out of pocket around $50 a month. It’s compounded and apparently there are many companies like this now.

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@db72 where is she getting it for $50 a month. I currently am spending $150 a month.

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kerajoseph32 | @kerajoseph32 | Dec 16, 2025
In reply to @forest32 "I'm currently on a compounded GLP-1. It helps me not to gain any more weight after..." + (show)
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I'm currently on a compounded GLP-1. It helps me not to gain any more weight after 5.5 years of long COVID and a lot of weight gain from barely moving. I get it from a compound pharmacy, prescribed by my primary care doctor, and it's $350 per month. My insurance would not pay for it because I don't have Type 2 diabetes. Of course, insurance wants to wait until I get SICKER to help me with costs. Grrrr. Anyway, I think it has helped my brain fog a bit, and my overall feeling of wellness a bit. The drug has not, however, helped my extreme Long COVID fatigue or joint/muscle pain. Lyrica has helped that some. I will stay on it as long as I can afford to because I really really can't gain more weight at this point.

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@forest32 Ageless RX offers GLP-1’s and also does microdosing and I believe it’s 199 a month and $249 a month. I go through them for my low dose naltrexone for my Long Covid & ME/CFS.

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roadog66 | @roadog66 | Feb 4 9:52am

I took a small dose of Zepbound last week for a long Covid and it's been the worst decision I have made. Everything is worse and feel dehydrated and much weaker just waiting for the stuff to dissipate. Think long and hard before taking this. Maybe insurance companies don't cover this for a reason for off label purposes. People have been hospitalized due to side effects.

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roadog66 | @roadog66 | Feb 8 4:55pm

I took half the minimum dose and I've had severe side effects and as weak can be considerably. These are very powerful drugs especially if you have long covid. I will not be continuing with this. If you must start with micro dosing which is not part of the script study. But with long covid everything affects different people differently and I hope it works for most people but not for me.

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vostie | @vostie | Feb 9 10:37am

You can purchase a vial of Zepbound directly from the manufacturer and microdose from it. You do need a doctor's prescription to get the vial sent to you.

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