Achieve your weight loss goals safely and effectively with our personalized, medically supervised weight loss programs at Align Medical Center. Our approach is designed to provide you with the support and guidance you need for lasting success. Each program is tailored to your unique health needs, lifestyle, and goals, ensuring a customized plan that works for you. Our team of medical professionals closely monitors your progress, offering expert advice, nutritional guidance, and ongoing motivation to help you stay on track. When appropriate, we incorporate medication as part of the program to enhance weight loss results, ensuring that it is used safely and effectively under professional supervision. With a focus on safe, sustainable weight loss, we combine proven strategies with the latest medical advancements to help you reach and maintain your ideal weight, improving your overall health and quality of life.
Offering Semaglutide Weight Loss Subscriptions
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BENEFITS OF SEMAGLUTIDE INJECTIONS:
- FDA approved for weight management
- Decreases food cravings
- Works best when partnered with diet & exercise
- Increases insulin sensitivity
- Promotes gastric emptying
- Improves blood sugar levels
- Improves cholesterol
- Reduces inflammation
HOW DOES SEMAGLUTIDE WORK FOR WEIGHT LOSS?
Semaglutide works by mimicking a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), an incretin hormone that plays a role in your appetite and digestion. Incretins (hormones released by your digestive tract) are sent out by your body after you’ve eaten a meal. They help lower your blood sugar by triggering insulin release and blocking sugar production. They also slow down how quickly food leaves your stomach (called gastric emptying) and this helps prolong satiety and reduces food cravings. The result of these actions causes you to ‘feel full’, lowering your appetite and causing you to lose weight.
WARNING: You should not use semaglutide if you are allergic to it, or if you have: multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2; or a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma. Not for use during pregnancy or when breastfeeding.
It really depends on the patient and their insurance. We often pursue insurance coverage without benefit or a significant amount of “red tape”. For patients that are a good candidate for Semaglutide but their insurance will not willing to cover the cost, compounded Semaglutide is much more affordable with the same efficacy and safety profile. Ask about our Semaglutide Subscription!
Duration of therapy varies by patient needs and goals. Some patients remain on a low maintenance dose of the medication after achieving a goal weight and glucose control, while others maintain with lifestyle modification alone.
Although not seen in human trials or most marketing reports, initial animals trials of Semaglutide did show increased rates of a specific type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid carcinoma. If you have a history of thyroid cancer or unexplored thyroid nodules, you may not be a candidate.
No, Semaglutide is the active ingredient in Wegovy. Wegovy is brand name drug that has been FDA approved for weight loss.
Yes, but we recommend our facility to ensure all the appropriate labs needed have been drawn.
You can, but we recommend having our nurse educate you on how to self-administer at home.
Yes, and no. We will never recommend “going on a diet” but we will discuss how to make long-term lifestyle changes. Diets work for short periods of time and are usually unsustainable. Instead, we will work with you to make lasting changes and replace old habits.
The most common side effects of Semaglutide are diarrhea, constipation, and nausea. We provide our patients with education on managing any adverse side effects of the medication while mitigating these side effects with proper dosing.