Physician Assisted Weight Loss Programs
“If you think your can’t, you won’t! but if you believe you can, just imagine the possibilities”
-Dr. Jennifer Poindexter
Elevate Weight Loss Program
Currently offering GPL-1 options for weight loss. GPL-1 medications offer benefits of lowering blood sugars, reducing appetite and creating feeling of fullness. In addition, GPL-1 triggers insulin to be released from your pancreas to help signal to your brain to burn the fat as energy. It can help slow down your digestion as well that will allow the food you consume to slowly work through the digestive tract and absorb nutrient and slow down the release of glucose into your bloodstream.
There are more benefits, risk factors and potential side effects than must be discussed before any weight loss program. These questions and more can be answered with an appointment.
Elate Weight Loss Program
The Elate program is a cost-effective medication program that combines two common drugs, Naltrexone and Bupropion, together to encourage the body’s natural ability to lose weight, reduce hunger and motivate you to increase physical activity.
Bupropion helps to increase the abundance of usable dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that can help boost mood, make you feel pleasure and joy as well as active your “reward” center in the brain. By having elevated dopamine molecules around the brain can help reduce the desire for cravings and promotes satiation, thus promoting weight loss.
Naltrexone was originally used for opioid overdoses, however further studies have found is micro-doses, Naltrexone has been shown to improve inflammation and insulin resistance, thus also promoting weight loss.
Escalate Weight loss Program
Escalate weight loss program is a combination of pharmaceutical Low-Dose Naltrexone, weekly liposomal nutrient injections, and nightly Semorelin injections.
Semorelin is a growth hormone peptide that helps battle the sluggish metabolism as well as improve and reduce aging. It helps boost your metabolism overall which in turn helps with weight loss.
Naltrexone was originally used for opioid overdoses, however further studies have found is micro-doses, Naltrexone has been shown to improve inflammation and insulin resistance, thus also promoting weight loss.
Liposomal Injections include the following nutrients; B12, Methionine, Choline and Inositol (MICC Injections). Vitamin B12 can help break down the fat cell itself, while Methionine, Inositol and Choline boost liver detoxification and metabolism to get the fat cell breakdown processed efficiently.
