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How long has the Physician been treating overweight problems? |
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Lack
of experience is not necessarily bad, but years of experience
are better.
Dr.
Beale's Medical Weight Loss has been treating overweight problems since 1974.
We are DC's oldest and most successful medical weight loss
practice. |
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Does
the physician perform a physical examination and laboratory
tests before dispensing medications? |
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A physician
who just prescribes medication without a full medical
work-up is not cautious enough for
you to trust.
A
new patient MUST have a physical examination and laboratory
tests at Dr. Beale's Medical Weight Loss BEFORE any eating
plan or medication is given. |
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Is there an
emphasis on money and payments for the program, but it is hard
to get a straight answer as to how much the program will
actually cost? |
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Some
programs are run by non-medical entrepreneurs whose major
interest is the financial bottom line. They may not have your
best health interests in mind.
Dr. Beale's Medical
Weight Loss is "pay as you go." You will NEVER have to
leave your credit card info, pay in advance of being seen or sign
a contract. We do not have complicated plans that make you pay
more money to get the help you need. You only pay $40
when you actually come in for your weekly visit. |
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Does
the physician treat overweight problems on a full time basis? |
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Some
clinics hire moonlighting physicians who do not have a true
interest in treating overweight problems. Some physicians
treat overweight problems as a "sideline" while
their true interests lie elsewhere.
Dr. Beale's Medical Weight Loss has treated
obesity and obesity-related medical conditions FULL TIME since
1974. |
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Do
you have to buy products such as foods, drinks, bars,
solutions, extra
medications, extra injections, etc.? |
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Programs which are selling a lot of
products are in business to sell products and not necessarily
to help you lose weight. Ask if they can help you without you
buying any of their products.
Purchasing additional products is NEVER required or pushed at
Dr. Beale's Medical Weight Loss. You will lose 11 - 13
lbs. per month with all medications, vitamin B12 / fat burner
injection and counseling included for $40 per week. |
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Does the physician or
other staff members make you feel like
you are getting a "sales pitch"?
Many "new" weight loss facilities base the physician's and
other staff member's pay on the amount of money they can get
you to spend.
At Dr. Beale's Medical Weight Loss you
will NEVER feel like you are dealing with a "sales person."
No staff member's pay is ever based in part or in whole on
sales or commission. |
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7. |
Did
the physician or the clinic ever prescribe Phen-Fen, Redux,
Pondamin, fenfluramine, dexfenfluramine, Meridia or Xenical? |
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Careful
physicians were never involved with these drugs because the
dangers were evident from the European literature before the
drugs were aggressively marketed in the United States. How
can you trust a physician or clinic now who made such a grievous
error in the recent past?
Dr.
Beale NEVER prescribed these drugs that were all taken
off the market by the FDA. |
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Is
the physician himself or herself obese? |
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A physician
who cannot or will not control their own weight does not have
the credibility to help you lose weight.
The physicians at Dr. Beale's Medical
Weight Loss are not obese. |
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