Weight Loss and Health Optimization

Program Details:

 $599 introductory (first month) fee including consult and month of medications*

 $275 flat monthly fee including medications and consultations with MD

Minimum  of 6 month commitment though I stress to everyone this is a long-term, but very effective treatment.

*Discounted prices available on all labs and standard labs included

There is a lot of information out there regarding the revolutionary medication class called GLP-1's (glucagon like peptide 1 receptor agonists). 

I want to make it very clear that I am highly trained in using these medications, but I also have a personal history of their transformative action. 

These 'drugs' are really peptides, a chain of less than 50 amino acids bound together. While the pharmaceutical industry has taken control and monopolized their usage, these peptides have been available even before they became 'FDA approved' for the treatment of diabetes. The peptide, retatrutide, will be available soon as well. More information on that coming so stay tuned.

Ozempic=Wegovy=Semaglutide

Mounjaro=Zepboud=Tirzepatide

The reason that they have different names for 'different indications' is so that the drug companies can charge more for the drug when used to treat obesity. 

It serves to confuse the public and to classify the medical condition of 'obesity' as a character flaw or a matter of vanity. 

Nothing could be further from the truth. 

50 years from now, or sooner, we will look back at the revolution of the GLP's as a sentinel event, similar to the advent of antibiotics in the 1900's. 

Their effects go far beyond weight loss. These peptides go directly to receptors that are located throughout the body and we know that when used properly they fundamentally change the body's metabolic processes and this has profound effects on blood sugar, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, cardiac function, hepatic function, kidney function just to name a few. The FDA is slow in approving medications despite the VAST AMOUNT OF DATA that supports their use for fatty liver disease, heart failure treatment and prevention, prevention of dementia, treatment of sleep apnea, prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease, prevention and treatment of stroke and likely treatment for alcohol and drug addiction. This is just the beginning. 

These peptides affect mortality, meaning if used correctly for appropriate indications, patients can expect to live longer. 

Here are a few examples of my clinical experiences. 

• I lost 60 pounds and maintain a healthy weight
• I have patients who have lost 80-100 pounds and their lives are TRANSFORMED
• I have patients whose pulmonary hypertension has completely resolved
• Patients are able to stop most blood pressure meds, not require their CPAP, stop taking pain meds for their osteoarthritis, get off of antidepressants and sleep aids, abstain from alcohol
• Signs of fatty liver have reversed (normalized ALT and AST as well as improved sonographic echotexture of the liver)
• This is just the tip of the iceberg!

I have never been more passionate about anything in medicine as I am about this new era of our ability to use our own natural receptors to optimize our health.

There is so much judgment and misinformation and it sickens me. Drug companies are trying to 'own' the peptides, similar to their takeover of the naturally occurring peptide, insulin.  It is a peptide as well! Drug companies can better formulate the peptide and derive ways to synthesize something that originally was only available from the pancreatic tissue of lab animals. The man who discovered insulin did not want to profit of this naturally-ocurring substance that saved lives. The medical history of insulin is fascinating.

 "When inventor Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives. Banting’s co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1." 

(www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive)

Based on a recent study we have learned that the markup for Ozempic is over 15,000%!!!

 "A study published this week suggests Americans are paying movie theater popcorn-level markups for Ozempic. A month’s supply of the diabetes and weight loss drug could be produced for less than $5—while it’s currently priced at ~$935 (before insurance), researchers at Yale, King’s College Hospital in London, and Doctors Without Borders found."

(https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/27/novo-nordisk-ozempic-can-be-made-for-less-than-5-a-month-study.html)

Food for thought.

We offer medically managed weight loss services with injectable GLP-1 receptor agonists, often called Wegovy or Zepbound. These are ground-breaking medications that can offer numerous health benefits in addition to weight and body mass reduction. Used in combination with dietary changes and exercise these medications can transform lives. 

The program involves a medical consultation with Dr. Story, labs as well as prescription medications to help lose weight and keep it off. This peptide is meant to be used indefinitely and that is an important consideration.

For more information please call Stacy or Valerie at 817-346-4000 or use the 'Contact Us' link on the website. 

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