Questions to ask your doctor about GLP-1

How to use the list

• Pick a few. Appointments are short. Check the three or four questions that matter most to you and put them first in your notes.
• Bring your medication list. Include supplements, vitamins, and herbal products, and your allergies. MedlinePlus recommends this for any visit, along with describing your symptoms: when they started, what makes them better, and what makes them worse. Your pharmacist can also go over the list with you.
• If you are already on treatment, bring notes. The symptom diary helps you describe the last few weeks without relying on memory.
• Write down the answers. The printed version leaves lines under each question. You can also bring someone with you and ask them to take notes.
• Don’t wait for the appointment if something is serious. If you have severe stomach pain that won’t go away, vomiting that won’t stop, or signs of an allergic reaction, get medical care right away. The warning signs from the US Medication Guides are in the symptom diary.

How I made this list

I started from the questions that come up most often among people who take these medications or are considering them, and ordered them by the sections of the Wegovy and Mounjaro product information from the European Medicines Agency: what they are approved for, contraindications, warnings, interactions, pregnancy and breastfeeding, the dosing schedule, and side effects. The US prescribing information for Wegovy and Zepbound covers the same topics. There are 32 questions across three stages of treatment. The cost questions are adapted to the United States: insurance, Medicare or Medicaid coverage, and prior authorization.

The list has no answers on purpose. Which medication, which dose, when to increase it, or when to stop are decisions for your prescriber, who knows your history. If you want to arrive with some context, the guide to GLP-1 medications explains how they work and which ones exist.

The list is the same as the Spanish version, question for question, so a shared link opens with the same questions checked in either language.

Your notes and the questions you add are saved in your browser’s local storage. I don’t receive or see them, and they disappear if you clear the site’s data or press “Delete my notes”.