We focus on FDA-approved GLP-1 care pathways.
Can my primary care doctor prescribe GLP-1s?
This sits at the very first branch: how you prefer to get care, your own doctor or telehealth.
In many cases, yes. Primary care doctors regularly prescribe FDA-approved GLP-1 medications for both diabetes and weight management. Depending on your health history, some doctors refer patients to an endocrinologist or obesity medicine specialist instead, but that’s their clinical call to make, not a rule that applies to everyone.
The advantage of starting with your own doctor is continuity: they already have your records and can weigh a GLP-1 medication against everything else going on with your health.
If you’d rather not wait for an appointment, or don’t currently have a primary care doctor, telehealth is the other path into GLP-1 care: same prescription-only medications, different evaluation format.