Weight Loss

How does Dr. Lambert and her team support my weight loss efforts?

When diet and exercise aren’t enough, Dr. Lambert turns to an approach built around the prescription medication Semaglutide. Semaglutide is a weekly injection that regulates and suppresses appetite without stimulation (jitters).  As well as prescribing this medication, Dr. Lambert monitors your progress through monthly office visits, providing diet and fitness counselling as part of a complete weight loss program.

Your weight and blood pressure are monitored and any required lab work may be ordered. An effective weight management process aims at sustainable lifestyle changes that become part of your daily life, rather than the pattern for most fad diets that may work over a short term, but don’t provide long-term health improvements.

SEMAGLUTIDE (BMI ≥27)

Is the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic (FDA approved for chronic weight management) and shows great promise for patients struggling to lose weight. Studies have demonstrated reduced appetite, improved control of eating, and reduced food cravings, in addition to improved glycemic control. Best results shown when used in combination with lifestyle changes, like improved diet and consistent exercise. Our patients have lost a combined nearly 6000 lbs. in weight loss. Some have lost as much as 37% of their body weight!

LIPOTROPICS

• MIC Lipotropics:
  • Methionine: Break down sugars/carbohydrates and convert to energy.
  • Inositol: Converts food to energy.
  • Choline: Healthy nerve cells, cut muscle recovery time, convert fat to energy.
• B-Complex: Helps convert fat, food and carbohydrates into energy, increases metabolism and supports immune function.
• B-12 Methylcobalamin: Increases energy and metabolism; also plays a vital role in fatty acid synthesis and energy production. Most bioavailable B12 form.
• L-Carnitine: Building block for proteins, helps body burn fat as fuel. Improves fat metabolism and energy, reduces recovery times and promotes muscle building potential.
• L-Leucine: Triggers reduction in calorie intake, causing a drop in in-between-meal snacking and increasing energy.
• Lidocaine: Fat burner

What is Contrave and how does it work?

Contrave is a blend of two medicines that have been used on their own for years to treat other conditions. Bupropion helps patients quit smoking and is also prescribed as an antidepressant. Naltrexone treats alcohol and opioid addiction.
Combined in extended release capsules for Contrave’s formula, these drugs address two centers in the brain. Hunger urges from the hypothalamus are suppressed, while simultaneously restricting the reward mechanism that makes eating satisfying. Combined, these actions reduce feelings of hunger and food cravings that often undermine your best efforts to keep your diet on track.
How the neurochemical effect of Contrave affects hunger isn’t known, but its results are well-tested and documented. Long-term studies show that, compared in blind study groups, patients using Contrave lost between two and four times as much weight as those in control groups. Dr. Lambert has personally seen a patient whose weight loss totaled 13% of her body weight in five months, using Contrave as part of a medically supervised weight loss program.

Is Contrave safe?

As with most prescription medication, Contrave may produce side effects and isn’t appropriate for all patients. However, its component medicines have a long history treating other conditions and have been proven effective with low risks of associated conditions.

Is Dr. Lambert’s weight loss program covered by health insurance?

Yes. The monthly office visits and lab work are generally covered by insurance though co-pays and deductibles under some insurance plans may apply. Semaglutide is not covered by most insurance plans for weight loss.