TABLE 3.

Medical therapy for obesity across providers.

	Total	PCPs	NP/PAs
	N = 1168	N = 954	N = 214
Which of these medications have you prescribed for obesity in the last 12 months? a
Phentermine HCl*	38%	41%	26%
Buproprion HCl/naltrexone HCl (Contrave)*	37%	40%	22%
Liraglutide (Saxenda)*	34%	38%	16%
Orlistat (Xenical)*	30%	33%	12%
Phentermine HCl/topiramate ER (Qsymia)*	27%	30%	15%
I haven't prescribed medication for obesity*	35%	31%	56%
How many medications have you prescribed in the last 12 months?
None*	35%	31%	56%
One	17%	17%	16%
Two or more*	48%	53%	28%

	Total N = 413	PCP N = 294	NP/PAs N = 119
Why have you not prescribed medication for obesity in the last 12 months? b
Lack of familiarity	44%	44%	45%
Concern about drug safety*	41%	47%	26%
Medical therapy is not effective*	17%	21%	8%
Obesity does not require medical therapy	3%	4%	1%
Obesity is not a disease	<1%	1%	0%
Other reasons not listed*	37%	31%	52%

^a Multiple selections.

^b Percent among those who have not prescribed medication; multiple selections.

*p value <0.05 in difference in response between providers.