The safe approach: Frame weight management as part of integrated psychiatric care for your existing patients Pursue additional training (obesity medicine CME, ABOM certification) If you want to make weight management a major service line, get explicit permission in your collaborative agreement (if required) and ensure your collaborating physician has obesity medicine expertise Telehealth Prescribing: Federal Green Lights, State Red Lights The Federal Framework (Through 2025) During COVID-19, the DEA waived the Ryan Haight Act requirement for an in-person exam before prescribing controlled substances
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According to the World Obesity Atlas, over 4 billion people, or 51% of the global population, by 2035 will suffer from obesity
For CKD stages 35 (non-dialysis), the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) guidelines typically recommend 0.550.60 g/kg/day (0.60.8 g/kg in diabetes)
However, the use of this relatively new class of drugs may be associated with certain adverse effects