Transfer of Care
Moving an existing prescription and treatment history to a new provider - no gap, no restarting the dose ladder.
Transfer of care is the formal version of switching doctors mid-treatment: a new prescriber reviews your current medication, dose, response, and any labs, then continues therapy from where it stands - critically, without restarting the escalation ladder from the bottom, which a records-blind restart would force.
Patients transfer for mundane reasons - a provider slow with refills, a clinic that never answers, a move, better pricing - and the process is lighter than expected: one consultation with your current dose and history in hand usually suffices. The patient-side preparation is a short list: current drug and dose, time at that dose, side-effect story, recent weight trend. Our programs handle transfers at the standard free consultation, picking up at your existing dose when clinically appropriate.
This glossary entry is general information, not medical advice, and is written to be consistent with FDA prescribing information and primary trial publications as of its last review. Always consult a licensed healthcare provider for personal medical decisions.
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