[Nikkia2112]

Originally Posted by ceadamso

Okay, well I live in Fayetteville Georgia and all I did was call my primary care physician under my United Healthcare insurance. There are five doctors there and I have seen Dr. Goodjoin, and Dr. Bejere. Dr. Goodjoin was the first that I spoke to about wanting to lose weight and that I had friends that told me how good this worked. He gave me 1 month and told me if my BP was okay after a month I could have a 6 month refill. Bingo! I paid $20 for my copay visit (ONE) and I get my prescrip filled at WalMart or Walgreens for about $28 - 30 a month.
NOW, that being said, I found out the other day (SHOCK) that my insurance has phentermine as a drug that is a maintenence drug for weight loss, therefore, if i can get my doc to give me a 3 month prescrip, I can fill it via mail order (3 months) for $20. Cant beat it. Check into that on your insurance, and by all means, check out going to your regular doc or primary care physician if you have copays.
For $20 for 1 visit and $29 a month for meds, not bad.
The docs I see are Dr. Goodjoin (not sure if these show up in Fayetteville GA or Riverdale GA, close to the line). Dr. Larry Bejere, Dr. Laura Dean, ... all in the same group. PHone number there is 770-716-7999. Give them a call. They accept most all insurance.

Thanks for the advice! Unfortunately, my insurance will only pay if the doctor is listed as my PCP or if I have a referral from my PCP. I'm not sure if Phentermine is a covered prescription (I have BCBS HMO). I wish my PCP would prescribe it, but he's not going for it.