Medically Directed Weight Loss
Medical weight loss is a safe and effective method for successful weight loss and improved health. It involves a patient-centered approach and evidence-based medical and lifestyle interventions to help individuals reach and maintain their weight loss goals for the long term.
Medical weight loss offers numerous benefits, improving overall health and well-being. Some key advantages include:
- Improved Health: Reduces the risk of health issues like heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers associated with being overweight or obese.
- Increased Energy: Shedding excess weight enhances energy levels as the body becomes more efficient, reducing fatigue.
- Improved Mental Health: Addresses low self-esteem and depression linked to excess weight, boosting confidence and self-esteem during the weight loss journey.
- Better Sleep: Reduces the risk of sleep disorders like sleep apnea, leading to improved sleep quality and duration.
- Increased Mobility: Eases movement and participation in physical activities by reducing excess weight, improving mobility and flexibility.
- Improved Hormone Health: Addresses hormonal imbalances affecting metabolism and weight, making weight loss more achievable. Hormone level testing helps identify and correct imbalances, leading to weight loss, decreased fat, and increased lean muscle.
Benefits of Medical Weight Loss
Your journey starts by scheduling an initial consultation to go over your health history, current medications, and objectives. A comprehensive lab panel will need to be completed either at our office or at any LabCorp before treatment can be implemented. If deemed suitable, we'll then lead you through our weight loss program, aiming to provide the support and drive necessary for enduring success! Sustainable weight loss demands a shift in mindset and behaviors, and we're here to facilitate that transformation.
For eligible participants, our program will incorporate Semaglutide or Tirzepatide GLP-1 agonist prescription. Please be aware that prescriptions typically take around two weeks to process, as they're tailored to each individual.
We require regular check-ins every 4 weeks to monitor progress, maintain accountability, and tailor the next steps of your weight loss journey to suit your needs effectively!
How does the program work
Semaglutide, a weekly injection intended to aid in weight loss, belongs to a class of medications called GLP-1 receptor agonists. It enhances insulin secretion for diabetes and, at higher doses, curbs appetite by acting on the brain and slowing gastric emptying. This helps you feel full longer and eat less.
Losing weight can be challenging, but we're here to assist. Our approach aligns with sustainable, scientific weight loss methods, addressing both your body and mental well-being.
Semaglutide is suitable for those with a BMI over 30 or over 27 with co-morbidities like high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol. It offers benefits such as appetite reduction and prolonged fullness.
How Does Semaglutide Work?
Contraindications include a history of thyroid cancer, type 1 diabetes, or pancreatitis. Potential side effects, like nausea and headache, are usually minimal and dose-dependent.
Potential side effects: minimal and dose-dependent nausea, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, indigestion, headache, and fatigue
We provide convenient medication delivery to our office or home, and if needed, we can guide you through your first injection.
Losing weight can be challenging, but we're here to assist. Our approach aligns with sustainable, scientific weight loss methods, addressing both your body and mental well-being.
Semaglutide is suitable for those with a BMI over 30 or over 27 with co-morbidities like high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol. It offers benefits such as appetite reduction and prolonged fullness.
How Does Semaglutide Work?
- Delays how quickly our stomachs digest food. Leading to a feeling of fullness and satisfaction with smaller meal sizes.
- Slows intestinal motility so you will feel fuller longer after meals.
- Lowers blood sugars, in part by reducing the production of sugar in the liver.
- Stimulates insulin secretion by the pancreas.
- Decreases inflammation throughout the body, which leads to Adiponectin release and fat lipolysis.
- Lose up to 16.9% of your body weight. Studies show that individuals using semaglutide under medical direction lost up to 16.9% of their body weight over a 68 week period. (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032183).
Contraindications include a history of thyroid cancer, type 1 diabetes, or pancreatitis. Potential side effects, like nausea and headache, are usually minimal and dose-dependent.
Potential side effects: minimal and dose-dependent nausea, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, indigestion, headache, and fatigue
We provide convenient medication delivery to our office or home, and if needed, we can guide you through your first injection.
Semaglutide
Tirzepatide, like Semaglutide, aids weight loss by boosting Leptin, a satiety hormone, promoting fullness. It mimics glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) to regulate appetite, insulin, and blood sugar imbalances, common hurdles in weight loss.
Research indicates that individuals utilizing tirzepatide experienced an average weight loss of 22.5% over a 72-week duration, surpassing the weight loss observed with any other GLP-1 agonist. (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206038)
Beyond weight loss, it enhances A1C levels, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, reducing heart disease risk.
How Does Tirzepatide Work?
Contraindications: history of pancreatitis, Type 1 diabetes, alcoholism, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 medullary thyroid cancer.
Potential side effects: minimal and dose-dependent nausea, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, indigestion, headache, and fatigue, with lower risks compared to Semaglutide.
Medications can be conveniently shipped to our office or your home, and assistance is available for your first injection if needed.
Research indicates that individuals utilizing tirzepatide experienced an average weight loss of 22.5% over a 72-week duration, surpassing the weight loss observed with any other GLP-1 agonist. (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206038)
Beyond weight loss, it enhances A1C levels, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, reducing heart disease risk.
How Does Tirzepatide Work?
- Delays how quickly our stomachs digest food, leading to a feeling of fullness and satisfaction with smaller meal sizes.
- Slows intestinal motility so you will feel fuller longer after meals.
- Dual action receptors allow for lower blood sugars, in part by reducing the production of sugar in the liver.
- Stimulates insulin secretion by the pancreas.
- GIP increases energy expenditure, resulting in weight loss reductions.
Contraindications: history of pancreatitis, Type 1 diabetes, alcoholism, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 medullary thyroid cancer.
Potential side effects: minimal and dose-dependent nausea, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, indigestion, headache, and fatigue, with lower risks compared to Semaglutide.
Medications can be conveniently shipped to our office or your home, and assistance is available for your first injection if needed.
Tirzepatide
16 week (4 month) program commitment
- SEMAGLUTIDE $299/month
- TIRZEPATIDE $449/month
- Comprehensive lab panel required to determine if you are safe and eligible for the Forever Young Medically Directed Weight Loss Program
- Follow up lab review and treatment plan ($149 value *applied toward cost of program once enrolled)
- Includes compounded Semaglutide or Tirzepatide in 4 prefilled syringes per month monitored by your provider
- Monthly follow ups (In-person or Telehealth)
- Provider access through patient portal
- Nutrition and fitness recommendations for optimal weight loss
- 25% off supplements from FullScript dispensary
- May chose to continue beyond 4 months if desired.
