Skip to the reading The care handbook Physician-led peptide therapy Read at your own pace. Keep a question in the margin. What is it? Who leads care? What happens? What will I pay? What could go wrong? How do I decide? Questions worth keeping Take questions that leave room for an honest answer Choose the prompts that fit the decision in front of you. Take questions that leave room for an honest answer Read the source that answers your question Keep the questions you want to take with you Begin with the concern What might explain the problem I described? Why consider this treatment for me? What are the other options, including waiting? What evidence fits my concern, and what does it leave uncertain? You can read from your notes. If a word gets in the way, ask for a shorter explanation. The useful answer is the one you can repeat afterward. Ask about the people and product Who assesses me and who decides on a prescription? What work does the physician do in my case? What is the medicine’s full name and where does it come from? Who can answer questions after it arrives? A note to keep If an answer points to a badge, a title or a package name, ask what the person will actually do for your care. Ask about the plan over time How will we tell whether the plan is helping? What problems would change the plan, and who would I contact? When is the next review and what happens at it? What is the whole recurring bill and how can I leave the plan? Leave a gap below each question. Write the answer as you understand it, then mark anything you need explained again. Keep only the questions you need next Move your chosen questions to the notebook or a piece of paper. Begin with the concern that matters most to you. Ask for time to read any written plan before deciding. Carry this thought A question can open a discussion. It does not commit you to a treatment. Keep the questions you want to take with you Bring the concern you want help with This is a reading guide for patients; it offers neither clinical care nor medicines. Chapter map Further reading Your notebook Read as text