Telling GP or not ..

[BlueLimeRun]

Considering starting Mounjaro.
I’ve 2.5 stone to lose and meet the criteria.
I’d rather not tell my gp (I don’t think they would’ve be sympathetic).

Are there companies which don’t inform gps?
Thank you.

Why would a life assurance policy take issue with a fully regulated drug being taken correctly? That’s a ludicrous idea.

And so has many other drugs, jeez 2000 people a year die from nurofen. These are very safe drugs, do you suffer anxiety?

and for everyone else, the new pharmacy guidelines mean gp’s now need to be informed,

Absolutely. Many drugs have risks but the point I’m making is that if the GP doesn’t know you are on this drug they may miss that you’ve developed one of those risks. I’m not sure why you’re trying to diagnose me with anxiety for pointing out that’s it’s not a good idea to hide this from your GP.

Med express correctly notified my GP which i agree is important medically.
I have yet to make a new application for life assurance but I suppose I do think that it might be judged in some way because it is on online, but also going into a new application taking mounjaro, I just wondered if it was wise.
I rarely see my gp, I don't take any medication and have never done, so just feeling a bit like I am risking this new application, and possibly increasing my policy costs if they decide to say I am using something that might have future health ramifications. Who knows.
I assume that the GP will.always be informed if I use mounjaro regardless of provider? It has worked so.wonderfully for me, and i am convinced that my joint pain and perimenopausal symptoms subsided.

I'd be more worried about hiding it from a life insurance company as then you risk paying those premiums and then them not paying out.

I know some people have had unsupportive comments from GPs so I was concerned about telling them as I have never met my GP (we only moved here a couple of years ago and I have had no cause to go) but on balance I thought it was best to have it on my records, in case I ever need emergency surgery and in case the rules change and pharmacies can't prescribe it without evidence the GP is aware.

Because the point is that life assurance companies do not want to pay out. A bit like car insurance. If there is a way of them increasing cost, or assuming I have willingly increased my own risks (fact or not) from taking a medication purely for weight loss and then refusing to provide cover then I am a bit buggered.
That's all. I have yet to see where mounjaro would sit when I declare on a new application. After all it is a new drug. The cost of life assurnace and critical illness is near on 300 a month anyway, so as you can see I am just wanting to ensure I am in the best possible position for cover.

Sorry no I meant to quote @Len1811

I agree about hiding. I absolutely would have to declare it if I was going to continue to take it whilst making a new application for cover. I have had 35 years of security with my current policy and I would be a fool to risk it now.

You declare medical conditions, not medication, surely? Did you previously declare obesity as a current medical condition?

I’d have assumed getting healthy again would be seen as a positive, I feel a little sorry for you in this level of panic, have you even spoken to them or did you just spiral?

Good point well made.

the disease or condition is obesity, that’s what should be declared.

@Onceachunkymonkey

No anxiety here 🤣
My priority is to ensure my family are covered in the event of my death or illness as they always have been. I am purely trying to ascertain whether there has been any experience of other posters having issues with life assurance whilst taking mounjaro.
These policies are very valuable, and i guarantee you that anything you take, or speak to your GP about will impact on a policy cover and cost.

I think they'll ask for medicines as well as height and weight.
My weight is now borderline, and GP has never referred to my weight.
I'll chat through applications with my financial advisor in any event.

@Onceachunkymonkey 🤣
Spiral 🤣🤣I think have stumbled across the wrong website to ask this question.

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I would not worry about it at all, and simply declare it. I really don't think that they will deny cover or put up the premiums massively as a result. I have high blood pressure for which I take medication, I declare it for all relevant insurances and all that ever happens is that it is noted and I am insured. No hiked premiums or other consequences.

@Len1811 is "spiral" inappropriate? You have said you've panicked, stopped taking the medication, and had sleepless nights about it. How is that not spiralling??

@SilenceInside
Thank you for your rational and thoughtful response 😊

Under the new prescribing rules suppliers have to tell your GP so I'd imagine that you won't be able to opt out for long.