Tips and Tricks for Semaglutide, Ozempic and Wegovy
Hi, I am Dr. Craig Primack, and today I'm coming to you from Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. It has been quite some time since I've done a medical minute. Today, I'm going to talk about one of my favorite current weight loss drugs. Now over the last six months, year, maybe year and a half, I've used this drug a lot.
Background
Before I even get into details, I will tell you that there is no one weight loss drug for everybody. We've built up a lot of experience using weight loss drugs…
"Trust me, I'm a doctor."
Who has heard these words before? " Trust me, I'm a doctor." And what did it make you think? Did you like hearing that? Did it make you feel comfortable? Or did you say, "You don't know the half of it?"
Hi, I'm Dr. Craig Primack from Scottsdale Weight Loss Center.
Today's Medical Minute is new and it's about being a physician who works in medical weight loss. The world of medical weight loss goes back probably even hundreds of years, but back before the 1970s, weight wasn't a significant problem in our society. But over the…
A Weight Loss Goal or a Weight Loss Deadline?
Weight Loss Goals
Hello and welcome. I am Dr. Craig Primack from Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. Today's Medical Minute is a interesting one that just kind of came up in the last couple of weeks. We always talk about weight loss goals. My goal is to lose 10 pounds, 20 pounds, 50 pounds, 70 pounds, 100 pounds. I had a patient this week that says I don't have goals. I have a weight loss deadline. So today's Medical Minute is about goals versus deadlines. When we have a goal, my goal…
Two Important Travel Tips
Hi, it's Dr. Craig Primack from Scottsdale Weight Loss Center.
I'm going to talk about travel, as the world starts to open up and people are traveling again. We have to learn how to do it safely and effectively.
Focus on Weight Loss or Weight Maintenance?
And so the first couple things when you travel is to determine is this going to be a weight loss week or a weight maintenance week? What we don't want is it to be a weight gaining week.
And so most people who are in our practice are doing meal replacements. With meal…
Water for Weight Loss
Hi, I'm Dr. Craig Primack and today's medical minute is about drinking water. I'll be honest. We know water helps in weight loss, but there aren't a lot of studies about how much you should drink or when you should drink it. The studies that do exist talk about drinking water about a bottle or 16 oz 20 to 30 minutes before each of your three big meals.
Hiking and Water
Let me tell you a story.
I practice here in Scottsdale, Arizona. We have many, many days over 100 degrees. I had lost weight myself about 15…
New Amazing Weight Loss Drugs are Coming
Hi, I'm Dr. Craig Primack from Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. Today, I'm going to talk to you about some new, amazing weight loss drugs that are coming.
Semaglutide
The first one we talked about a little bit a few weeks ago called semaglutide. Semaglutide is currently available at 1 mg for the treatment of diabetes, but a recent study came out from the New England Journal of Medicine showing that at 2.4 milligrams it is quite a robust drug. Semaglutide is a type of hormone called GLP-1. GLP-1 we already have, all of us.…
What is the One Best Diet?
Hi, I'm Dr. Craig Primack from Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. Today, I'm going to be talking about another Medical Minute. The topic is very important. It's, what is the one best diet? And so for a minute, I'm going to put that question aside and go towards blood pressure.
Blood Pressure
We know blood pressure is a disease that's been around for a long time, and if you ask a physician, "What is the one blood pressure medicine that they prescribe?" They're going to give you their absolute favorite. It's probably something called an ACE…
Weight Loss- Treat or Refer
Hi. I'm Dr. Craig Primack, and welcome to another medical minute. Today is a very important medical minute. It's my 20th medical minute.
Today I'm going to talk about weight loss with the philosophy of treat or refer.
Medical Disease
So what does that mean? First, let's talk about weight. Weight is considered a medical disease, or weight loss being treated by a medical professional. Most people, unfortunately, cannot treat their weight by themselves. They've tried. I understand it. Some people have tried many, many, many times, and have been unsuccessful.
Unfortunately, being a medical disease, being overweight…
Am I Hungry When I Eat?
Hi, I'm Dr. Craig Primack, and today I have a question, am I hungry when I eat?
One of the most important questions someone can ask is, "Do I eat when I'm hungry, or am I hungry when I'm eating?" I think it's a simple question, but it's really not a simple answer. Sometimes we are hungry when we eat, and we'll talk about that in the second half of this.
In the first half, we have to decide, am I really hungry? Or am I bored? Am I tired? lonely? Am I happy? Am I…
Hi, I'm Dr. Craig Primack, and I'm bringing you this week's Medical Minute.
Contrave
To continue the conversation about weight loss, drugs, what we also call anti-obesity medications, that us physicians abbreviate as AOMs. This week we're going to talk about Contrave. Contrave has been on the market since 2015 and is that a unique combination of two different drugs.
Inside of it is Bupropion, Some of us also know it as Wellbutrin. It is a antidepressant that does help in of course anti-depression, but it also helps a little bit in weight. It's was combined with a medicine called naltrexone, which…