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NAVIGATING
MEDICATION SHORTAGES

WE GUARANTEE RESULTS, NOT MEDICATION.

If you’ve been taking a GLP-1 medication in the last few years, chances are you’ve experienced a shortage. Medication is just one tool in your toolbox, and at Calibrate, we use medication as a tool–not the entire treatment.

THE CALIBRATE DIFFERENCE

We’ve helped tens of thousands of members navigate these shortages, and while we can’t promise medication (we’re not a manufacturer, a pharmacy, or supplier), we do promise results. The Calibrate program is built to help your body do the same kind of work that medications like GLP-1 medications do, so the best thing you can do if you’re affected by a shortage is to lean into the lifestyle aspects of the program.

Calibrate is fundamentally different from prescription-only services. Calibrate members receive comprehensive support throughout their program: you make a commitment to us, and we make a commitment to supporting you in achieving your goals.

WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER

OUR TEAM

The Calibrate Clinical and Support Teams

  • When a Calibrate member is impacted by a shortage, the Calibrate Clinical Team works with them to determine appropriate next steps. To ensure continuity of care, actions taken may include changing to a dose that is currently in stock, finding clinically appropriate alternative GLP-1 medications, or tapering down (if clinically indicated).


Coaching at Calibrate

  • Calibrate accountability coaches do exactly what their title says: they hold you accountable throughout your time on the program. Coaches can help you adjust your goals, work on your relationship with food, navigate challenging situations like travel, social settings, and celebrations, and lean into lifestyle changes to help support your progress whether or not you have access to medication.

OUR EXPERIENCE

Through our years of experience, we know that we can’t promise uninterrupted medication, but we’ve always promised results. 

Calibrate has offered a comprehensive program integrating GLP-1 medications with behavior change longer than any other program, and have helped our members navigate more than just shortages.  Our team has expertise managing insurance coverage of GLP-1s, patient access program modifications, and other access challenges—all the while maintaining continuity of care, and importantly––consistent 16% average weight loss at 12 months, 17% weight loss at 24 months, and 19% weight. loss at 36 months.

We're four years in since our earliest members joined and our data is clear: Calibrate works.

OUR PROGRAM

Our program is purpose-built to help your body do the same kind of work that GLP-1s do, so the best thing you can do if you’re affected by a shortage is to lean into the program. Read more about how the Calibrate program works here.

SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU’RE IMPACTED BY A SHORTAGE?

1. Find an accountability partner

  • At Calibrate, that’s your coach, who you’re already meeting with 1:1 every other week throughout your program. People in your life you make great accountability partners too–make an agreement with your spouse to get to bed half an hour earlier, sign up for an exercise class with a friend, make a commitment with your coworker to take a walk during your lunch break, or swap healthy recipes with a relative–your options are unlimited.

2. Lean on your behavior change tools

  • Keep up with the lifestyle changes that have helped you advance your progress.

3. Check in with your pharmacy regularly

  • Your pharmacy can help confirm whether your dose is in stock, transfer your prescription to a pharmacy that does have your medication in stock, and/or place you on a waitlist so you’ll be notified when they receive a new shipment of medication. If you miss more than 2 doses of a weekly GLP-1 medication, please reach out to the Clinical team before restarting your medication as your dose may need to be adjusted to reduce the risk of side effects.

4. Recognize that some increased feelings of hunger can come back

  • Recognize that some increased feelings of hunger can come back and that this is normal and healthy. Focusing on protein and fiber at every meal can help make sure that you also feel full when you are full should help you continue to feel balanced.

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