max time on zepbound?

i posted recently about how life changing zepbound has been for me and i’m so sad to now be posting about how my doctor wants to kick me off of it.

i wanted to stay on 5mg for another couple months as i’ve reached my goal weight and only been averaging 0-0.3lb lost per week since (about 6 weeks). i hoped to stabilize a bit more before dropping doses. at my appointment this week she brought me down to 2.5mg, which i understood, but then she shocked me and said she was only going to approve this for 3 more months.

her only reasoning was that patients should only be on it for max 1 year because the long term effects are under-researched. not anything relating to my personal health, side effects, or symptoms. the insurance pre-authorization is even good for another 6 months!

have any of you heard this from your providers?

i’m going to look into getting a second opinion but my options are really limited due to where i live… i’m nervous about switching to compound but i suppose that’s one route i could take.