Online weight management consultations in Cagayan de Oro

Cagayan de Oro heat, side by side with the pen labels

The PAGASA station used for Cagayan de Oro is Lumbia Airport, Misamis Oriental. Its climate normals for 1991 to 2020 show an average daily maximum of 31.5 °C over the year. May is the hottest month, with an average daily maximum of 33.0 °C.

GLP-1 pens carry storage limits on their Philippine package inserts:

PAGASA's figures are average outdoor daily maximum temperatures; the inserts give the storage conditions in the table. This page adds nothing beyond the labels. The full label wording is in our guide to storing GLP-1 pens.

Weight management care for people in Cagayan de Oro

Obra provides care through telehealth and can serve patients in all cities in the Philippines, Cagayan de Oro included.

Obra is a telehealth platform, not a pharmacy. It connects you with a licensed doctor, who reviews your free assessment. If the doctor prescribes it, Obra connects you with a pharmacy that offers compounded semaglutide or compounded tirzepatide, prepared by a licensed pharmacist. Obra itself does not prescribe or dispense medicines.

A compounded preparation is a separate product from the brands. Compounded semaglutide is not the same product as Ozempic, Wegovy or Rybelsus, and compounded tirzepatide is not the same product as Mounjaro or Zepbound.

Northern Mindanao and Cagayan de Oro in numbers

The City of Cagayan de Oro had 741,617 residents in PSA's 2024 census, and 96.4% of them live in urban barangays. The wider Northern Mindanao region had 5,178,326. The health facts table for Cagayan de Oro on this page lists each figure with its source.

Two regional figures from the 2023 National Nutrition Survey, for adults aged 20 to 59, point in different directions:

• Overweight or obesity: 57.4% in Northern Mindanao, a little above the national 57.1%.
• High fasting blood glucose: 5.9% in Northern Mindanao, below the national 7.5%. This is a single fasting test at or above 126, not a diagnosis of diabetes.

No city-level nutrition figure for Cagayan de Oro was found, so these are regional numbers.

Checking a product and reporting a problem

Products can be looked up on the FDA Philippines Verification Portal at verification.fda.gov.ph. The agency asks the public to send reports of suspected unregistered or counterfeit products to ereport@fda.gov.ph or through e-Sumbong. Our guides on spotting fake GLP-1 pens and on peptide legality in the Philippines cover what to look for.

Regional contacts for Cagayan de Oro:

• FDA Philippines, Region X field office: 2/F Almie Rose Chan Yu Bldg., St. John Caltex, Zone 7, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City (rfo10@fda.gov.ph).
• DOH Northern Mindanao Center for Health Development: listed by the Department of Health with the email dohrox@chd10.doh.gov.ph and telephone (088) 858-7123. No street address was found on an official DOH page.
• PhilHealth: the PRO X regional office at Gateway Tower 2, Limketkai Center, and the Cagayan de Oro Local Health Insurance Office at Limketkai Mall.

Getting a prescription legally

On who may dispense prescription medicines, the Philippine Pharmacy Act (RA 10918) says in Section 33: "Prescription medicines may be dispensed only by a duly registered and licensed pharmacist and only with a valid prescription of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian."

Obra does not procure or supply branded medicines. If you qualify, a doctor may issue an e-prescription for one such as Ozempic or Mounjaro; you take it to the pharmacy of your choice and pay that pharmacy for the medicine.