"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 Review of the Weight Loss Medications
Hi, I'm Dr. Craig Primack from Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. Today for Medical Minute, Number 21, I'm going to spend a few minutes talking about the different weight loss drugs we use, why we use them and a few tips about each.
Phentermine
The first weight loss drug that we use is called Phentermine. Phentermine has been out since 1959. It's really stood the test of time. Phentermine has two benefits. Number one, it's great for taking appetite away. It works on a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. It's the appetite…
Hello. My name is Dr. Craig Primack.
I'm excited to be here today and to talk to you about a new video segment I'm calling Medical Minutes.
Medical Minutes are a couple of minutes, maybe one to three minutes, occasionally more, hopefully coming out most Wednesdays, about a topic that's passionate to me. It may be about diet, weight loss, medicine, food, or something else that I think you will find interesting.
Sometimes, it's going to be my favorite obesity medicine for weight loss.
Often, it's going to be about exercise, or sleep, or diet, or all those things that get into your everyday…
What is the best way to lose weight fast? It’s an aggressive combination of:
Personalized diet
Adequate exercise
Accountability
Weight loss pills
The best way to get this aggressive yet safe combination of treatments is under the care of an Obesity Medicine Physician. This special doctor or specialist has training in multiple types of weight loss diets (including meal replacements and low carbohydrate (low-carb) diets, etc.). I am certified as an obesity medicine physician. I counsel on exercise, help with behavior changes and use medicines or pills that help weight loss, formally called Anti-Obesity Medications.
As of…
If you are reading this post, I will assume you are new here. Let me introduce myself,
I am Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Obesity Medicine Physician
Co-Founder of Scottsdale Weight Loss Center
President-elect of the Obesity Medicine Association (obesitymedicine.org)
Arizona Resident for 20 years but born and raised in Chicago, Illinois
Father of 3 great kids (16, 14 and 9)
Parent to 2 dogs, Cosmo and Zoey
My day job: Obesity medicine physician, which a fancy word for weight loss doctor
During my office day, I meet patients…