Ozempic is safe. How fake news wants you to believe otherwise.
The medications you’ve been hearing so much about are just shy of miraculous. And that’s not hyperbole. These medications have all of the positives of effective weight loss meds (they help you lose weight!) without the worse possible side effects (heart valve dysfunction with Fen-Phen in the ’90’s or the side effects associated with amphetamines) […]
Weight loss results after 8 months on semaglutide, 4 months on tirzepatide
We’re very excited to release our October weight loss data from our weight management program that includes semaglutide (the active ingredient found in Ozempic and Wegovy) and tirzepatide (the active ingredient in Mounjaro). The medications we offer come from a compounding pharmacy which by law, must be a duplicate of these name brand active ingredients […]
Weight management now available for patients in California, Arizona, Hawaii and Florida
We continue to offer surgical and non-surgical services to patients who can eventually come into the office. But weight management patients have the benefit of utilizing our services entirely virtually. And because of the benefits of virtual consultations, baseline lab work at a LabCorp near you and the shipping of medications to your doorstep, we […]
Coaching may be for 6 months but medications are month-to-month
There may be some confusion regarding our coaching program and medication. While we encourage patients to join our 6-month coaching program, you don’t have to take the medication for 6 months. You can take it for longer or less. It’s a month-to-month subscription. Benefits of coaching In studies, patients who stopped medication, stopped exercise […]
Weight Loss Results after 4-5 months on semaglutide
Results of weight loss program The data is in! After 4-5 months of our patients on semaglutide in our weight management program, we’re still seeing amazing results. You can see average weight loss each month in the graph above. Each month, patients increase their dosage with each injection, starting at 0.25mg then up to […]
Kids approved for weight loss drugs!
As we’ve discussed here before, we have a weight loss program in our practice that offers patients semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy) and tirzepatide (the active ingredient in Mounjaro). Currently, most of the patients in our program are adults, ie anyone 18 and older. But did you know that Wegovy is FDA-approved […]
New Weight Management Program Q&A
Two Ways to Get Medication You have two ways to obtain Ozempic/Wegovy (semaglutide) or Mounjaro (tirzepatide): Compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide from a compounding pharmacy or… A Prescription for the name brand drug Ozempic/Wegovy (active ingredient semaglutide) or Mounjaro (active ingredient tirzepatide). The Benefits of the compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide are as follows: Medication […]
Webinar Recording on Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro Q&A [video]
Jonathan Kaplan: Thanks everyone for joining. Again, those of you in the Zoom community, some of you on Instagram Live and TikTok Live, so if you see my head moving around, that’s looking at each of the cameras, but we’re going to be talking about Ozempic and Wegovy today. We’ll get to all your […]
Weight Loss Results after 4 weeks on Semaglutide
Results of weight loss program The data is in! Based on the results of our weight management program, our patients have lost an average of 7.7 pounds in only 4 weeks on the lowest, introductory dose of semaglutide! We’ll continue to track all of our patients with surveys and follow up appointments to […]
How we’re able to get “generic” Ozempic/Wegovy 🤔
via GIPHY We’ve received questions about how we’re getting semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, since it’s currently so backordered. We’re ordering our semaglutide from a compounding pharmacy. Never heard of a compounding pharmacy? That’s ok, chances are you’ve used medication from a compounding pharmacy before. Examples of what a compounding pharmacy […]
Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss: Q&A
We posted a video on TikTok last week on Ozempic and Wegovy and how these medications can achieve up to 15% weight loss when combined with diet and exercise. The video currently has 1.6 million views and over 3,000 comments/questions. So we thought this would be a good opportunity to answer some of the most […]
Our weight management program includes semaglutide, the medication found in Ozempic and Wegovy
Dr. Kaplan’s Medical Weight Management Program is now offering semaglutide, the active ingredient in the newest Rx-only weight loss medications Wegovy and Ozempic that you’ve seen advertised on TV. You can receive this active ingredient as part of a B-12 vitamin shot once a week for as long as you’re achieving your weight loss goals. […]
