Am I a candidate for medical weight loss?
You may be a candidate for medical weight loss if your previous attempts to lose weight have been unsuccessful. Contact our office to schedule a consultation and find out more about our treatment options for overweight and obese patients.
What should I expect during a medical weight loss program?
We take a multifaceted approach to helping our patients lose weight. We always begin with nutritional counseling and lifestyle modifications that help increase cardiovascular output, lower stress, and improve sleep – all factors that can aid in healthy weight loss. Additional interventions are necessary on a case-by-case basis. For example, some patients are struggling with weight loss due to nutritional imbalances or skipped meals. Others may be facing hormonal imbalances that pack on the pounds. Our treatment options help break through weight loss barriers and turn the body into a fat-burning machine.
What types of results can I expect after completing a medical weight loss program?
Weight loss outcomes vary from patient to patient and treatment carries no guarantee of results. However, patients who are a part of a medically-personalized weight loss program are more likely to obtain significant long-term results than those who attempt to lose weight using diet or exercise.
Ozempic
Ozempic®, along with diet and exercise, is proven to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. In adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease. Ozempic® reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death.
People with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease are at a greater risk of major CV events such as stroke, heart attack, or death. Ozempic® is proven to significantly lower those risks.
Ozempic® is a medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes that, along with diet and exercise, may improve blood sugar. While not for weight loss, Ozempic® may help you lose some weight.
Take Ozempic® once a week, on the same day every week, exactly as prescribed by your health care provider.
Ozempic® (semaglutide) injection 0.5 mg, 1 mg, or 2 mg is an injectable prescription medicine used:
- along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.
- to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in adults with type 2 diabetes with known heart disease.
- It is not known if Ozempic® can be used in people who have had pancreatitis.
- Ozempic® is not for use in people with type 1 diabetes.
- It is not known if Ozempic® is safe and effective for use in children under 18 years of age.
The beginning dose is 0.25 mg once a week for the first 4 weeks. This will help give your body a chance to get used to the medicine.
At Week 5, your health care provider will increase the dose to 0.5 mg once a week.
A once-weekly medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes used to improve blood sugar, along with diet and exercise, and reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease.
Phentermine
Phentermine also is offered combined with topiramate for weight loss (Qsymia). Phentermine is approved for use for up to 12 weeks. But weight management can take time. So, some health care providers might order it for longer use.
Like other weight-loss medicines ordered by providers, phentermine is meant to be only part of a weight-loss plan. For example, it can be be used with healthy eating, physical activity and behavior change. Phentermine is mostly for people with obesity or overweight who haven’t been able to lose enough weight with diet and exercise alone to improve their health.
Phentermine is a Schedule 4 drug. This is a label given to drugs that can be misused. But the rate of misuse seems to be low.
Common side effects of phentermine include:
- Faster heart rate
- Sleeplessness
- Nervousness
- Constipation
Phentermine is one of the most prescribed weight-loss medicines. But it isn’t a good choice for people with heart disease, high blood pressure, an overactive thyroid gland or glaucoma. It also isn’t for people who are pregnant, may become pregnant or are breastfeeding.
Phentermine activates the central nervous system and stimulates the release of certain neurotransmitters like dopamine, epinephrine (adrenaline), and norepinephrine (noradrenaline). As a result, the central nervous system induces a “fight or flight”-like reaction, which causes increased heart rate, sweating, lack of appetite, along with extra energy.
Weight Loss injections are an effective way to help individuals lose weight and maintain a healthier lifestyle. Our team of medical professionals provides personal virtual consultations along with a recommendation of best medication & dosage to help patients reach their weight loss goals.
We Offer these weight loss medications:
Wegovy (semaglutide)
Ozempic (semaglutide)
Price: $700 per month
Includes:
- Order for comprehensive lab testing
- Phone consultation with our medical provider
- 3-month GLP-1 prescription for Semaglutide
