During your initial 1- to 2-hour appointment you will be fully evaluated for any medical conditions and medications that may be negatively affecting your weight. Your initial consultation will include:

• A thorough physical exam and health history review.
• A Body Impedance Analysis (BIA) to determine your specific fat, muscle and water weight.
• Measurement of your Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) by Indirect Calorimetry. This determines your body’s energy, metabolism and caloric needs, based on an evaluation of your oxygen consumption.
• An EKG.
• Laboratory testing, including a Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP), Complete Blood Count (CBC), Thyroid Stimulating Hormone,T-4 Free, Lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides), Serum Insulin, Vitamin B-12, Vitamin D, Testosterone (men), C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Urinalysis.
• Development of your initial weight loss plan.
 

All testing components are critical to helping us determine the best weight-loss plan for you. If ordered individually, these tests would cost more than $700. Your initial appointment at Draelos Metabolic Center is less than half of that, only $300.

Get Started Now! - Limited Initial Visit

The Limited Initial Visit is available only to current* medical patients of Draelos Metabolic Center who wish to begin a weight loss program.  Since you are already established in our clinic several of the components of the initial weight loss visit may have been completed or may be justified under your insurance coverage.  The Limited Initial Visit will include any of the components of the initial weight loss visit that have not been completed in your regular medical care.  The price of the Limited Initial Visit is $150.

*Patients who are currently under the care of a provider at Draelos Metabolic Center for a medical condition and who are compliant with medical follow up care qualify for the Limited Initial Visit. 

At Draelos Metabolic Center, our goal is to help you determine the best weight loss program for your individual needs. Our programs currently include:

Standard Weigh-Ins are especially designed for those who are self-motivated to lose weight. One of our weight management team members will perform a BIA and evaluate your weight loss progress. Medications and nutritional supplements can be refilled during these visits.

A Complete Evaluation includes a BIA and an individualized evaluation of your progress plus professional guidance on diet and exercise strategies. Nutritional supplements and weight loss medications may be added, discontinued or adjusted at these vists as needed. 

Easy Start - Rapid Weight Loss Without hCG

Like the hCG weight loss programs, the EASY START Weight Loss Program is designed to help you achieve rapid weight loss. But with EASY START, there are no injections of hormones.

Instead, you’ll realize rapid results with our simple, personalized program using  a combination of scientifically proven medical foods and food purchased at the grocery store.  Medical food costs range from $2.80-$3.50 per meal. 

Find out more about our Easy Start Rapid Weight Loss Program.

Maintenance

Our Maintenance program helps you continue and maintain your weight loss success. This key phase is a vitally important and ongoing part of any successful long-term weight management program. We strive to help you continue to replace unhealthy habits with healthy ones and to keep you from regaining the weight you have worked so hard to lose.

* We strongly encourage the use of nutritional supplements to support optimal health during our weight loss programs.  Nutritional supplements and appetite suppressants are available at an additional cost. 

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Draelos Metabolic Center works with all of the major insurance companies and laboratories. All weight-loss programs are on a cash-pay basis only.   Learn why.