As a Hormone Replacement expert, Dr. Abdullah has advanced knowledge in metabolic and obesity medicine, including the prescription of the hormone based GLP-1 injectable Ozempic ®.

 

Dr. Abdullah also prescribes all the other injectables within the GLP-1 class such as Wegovy ®, Trulicity ®, and Mounjaro ® to ensure that you are able to get treated in case one of them is in shortage!

 

He also prescribes other obesity and lipotropic medicines such as Phentermine and "Lipo" and believes in practical effective coaching, not just to achieve quick weight loss, but also ensure long term weight maintenance. 

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We will also address concurrent mental disorders such as treatment resistant depression and food cravings and assess your candidacy for Ketamine therapy. Ketamine has shown great promise in treating depression and cravings, without the side effects of traditional SSRIs such as Prozac and Lexapro that cause increased apetite and weight gain.

 

Dr. Abdullah loves treating obesity and seeing how patients bloom into a happier healthier version of themselves. We don’t take insurance for Dr. Abdullah’s consultation; the first visit is $300, subsequent visits are $250. But you do pay an extra yearly nonrefundable administrative fee of $100 if you wish to go with insurance, because there is labor involved in going back and forth with insurance to get the medication approved on a yearly basis. So, you would pay $400 for the first visit. Please note, we cannot guarantee that insurance will pay for the medicine even after we haggle with them, but Dr. Abdullah will do his best. This fee is therefore nonrefundable.

 

If insurance will not cover, we have a cash option for all these medications. They cost $320--$1500 monthly (depending on which route we decide is most cost-effective and convenient for you). We still think it’s worth it, as they are very effective, and can reduce weight by 10-15 pounds per month, which is stupendous! In 3-4 months, you may achieve the same results as a gastric bypass/bariatric surgery, minus the surgical complications, cost and chronic vitamin and mineral deficiency that ensues with these surgeries.

 

The health benefits of treating obesity are too many to list. Look at it this way: One cannot live their best life if obese! 

 

We believe in body positivity as a valid and much needed social movement, but obesity is unhealthy, will reduce your life expectancy, and we don’t think that its glamorization is body positive!

 

With appropriate coaching by Dr. Abdullah, you would not have to be on these expensive medications permanently. The idea here is to coach you effectively while you’re on them, so you could maintain your weight when you stop them and save your money for a nice vacation! Doesn't that sound really nice?!

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Weight loss is no longer an unattainable dream. Skip the fad diets and surgery. Get a medicine that works and get coaching that's effective. Look cool for the summer!

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So what's the process?

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Depends on whether you're a guy or gal! See below!

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Ladies

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Step1: Contact us via text or call to request our weight management screen. This is a small set of labs (B12, A1c, TSH, T4) that you can either get done at any LabCorp in the country or at our office, whichever is more convenient for you. We charge you for these labs so you don't have to pay for them a higher price at the lab. These must be done before your initial consultation with Dr. Abdullah. We get the results in 3 business days. No need to fast.

Lab screen price: $111.

 

Please note:

• If you have had these labs done over 2 months ago, we would still need a new set! If done within 2 months but missing a component, we still kindly ask of you to redo them; we apologize for the inconvenience but we want to be thorough. 

• If you are of reproductive age, we need a negative pregnancy test. You need to bring that to us on the day of your initial visit with Dr. Abdullah. WE CANNOT PRESCRIBE ANYTHING TO YOU WITHOUT A negative PREGNANCY TEST! 

 

Step 2: Schedule your initial consultation with Dr. Abdullah; at that point, you will choose either insurance or cash option for the injectable medicine, discuss other options for weight loss, diet, exercise, concurrent hormonal imbalances, mental health issues, and necessity of PMD involvement, should we identify organic disease.  

At end of that visit, you will schedule 3 monthly visits to adjust your injectable dosing and coach you on diet and exercise. From here on out, you will be seen every 4 months 4 times, then every 6 months. The length of our program is 2.5-3.5 years; some patients will achieve results sooner than others.

Visit price: Initial visit $300-$400. Subsequent visit: $250. Medicine price: Insurance or $320-1500/month. 

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Gentlemen

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Step1: Contact us via text or call to request our weight management screen. This is a small set of labs (Testosterone, B12, A1c, TSH, T4) that you can either get done at any LabCorp in the country or at our office, whichever is more convenient for you. We charge you for these labs so you don't have to pay for them a higher price at the lab. These must be done before your initial consultation with Dr. Abdullah. We get the results in 3 business days. No need to fast.

Lab screen price: $150.

Please note:

• If you have had these labs done over 2 months ago, we would still need a new set! If done within 2 months but missing a component, we still kindly ask of you to redo them; we apologize for the inconvenience but we want to be thorough. 

 

Step 2: Schedule your initial consultation with Dr. Abdullah; at that point, you will choose either insurance or cash option for the injectable medicine, discuss other options for weight loss, diet, exercise, concurrent hormonal imbalances, mental health issues, and necessity of PMD involvement or enrollment in our vitality hormone replacement program, should we identify suboptimal Testosterone levels.  

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At the end of the visit, you will either:

A- Enter our vitality program so you would schedule your visits accordingly, or

B- Schedule 3 monthly visits to adjust your injectable dosing and coach you on diet and exercise. From here on out, you will be seen every 4 months 4 times, then every 6 months. The length of our program is 2.5-3.5 years; some patients will achieve results sooner than others.

Weight management visit price: Initial visit $300-$400. Subsequent visit: $250. Medicine price: Insurance or $320--1500/month.

Vitality visit price: Here!

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