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NexGen Health & Wellness, Meet Karen Williams FNP-BC, MSN, BSN

NexGen Health & Wellness recently won in three separate categories for The Best of Bartlett. We are honored to have won Best Medical Center, Best Weight-Loss Center, and Best Nurse to our owner and operator, Dawn Barrom. We were honored to win and inspired to do even more for our community. Therefore, we are delighted to announce that you can now receive medical aesthetic services and diet care at NexGen Health & Wellness. There’s a new face at NexGen Health & Wellness that will help us help you bring in a new you in 2023!

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Finding the Best Weight Loss Options for You at NexGen Health & Wellness

Did you accidentally overindulge over Thanksgiving and now find it challenging to fit into your favorite pair of jeans? We all know that juggling weight can be so frustrating. Being overweight is not only frustrating but also dangerous. Do you know that losing even 5% to 10% of your body weight can improve your physical and mental health? Here are some proven health benefits of weight loss: 

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5 Tips for Staying Healthy Over the Holidays

The holidays, while full of festivity and cheer, are also full of decadent desserts and delicious high-calorie food.  Even Halloween has temptations of candy and high-calorie beverages at a party. You may think it’s an impossible feat to maintain a healthy diet over the holidays, but with these tips, we’ll help you stay on track. The main thing to remember is your reason for getting healthy and staying healthy. Perhaps you are simply dying to fit into your favorite jeans again or you want to feel better overall, try to remember why you started your health journey throughout the entire holiday season. 

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Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program

It is easy to feel hopeless when you have been living for some time with excess weight or are considered obese. You might have tried every fad diet available so you can lose the stubborn weight that is causing you hopelessness or insecurity. Maybe you worked out every day, only to accidentally injure yourself, so you cannot exercise at the level you once did.  Several scenarios can make us feel hopeless on our weight loss journey. However, did you know that a medically supervised weight loss program isn’t as out of reach as you think? Some people hear medically supervised and automatically assume it’s out of budget, or you must have expensive insurance to be in the program. This is not the case at NexGen Health and Wellness. 

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IV Therapy at NexGen Health and Wellness

 Most Memphians would agree that the summer heat is uncomfortable. You are more prone to dehydration because your body is losing water from sweating, so you consistently feel thirsty, tired, or dizzy when feeling hot. IV therapy from NexGen can help replenish the electrolytes and water you lose in mere minutes. However, IV therapy isn’t just for dehydration. There are many other benefits of IV therapy, and you can receive the therapy all year long, not just during the summer. Here is a list of some of the additional benefits of IV therapy. 

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Semaglutide Plus Carnitine for Weight Loss

A New Potent Once Weekly Weight Loss Injection

Semaglutide 2.65mg / L-Carnitine 100mg / ml

In today’s day and age, there are thousands and thousands of weight loss posts, tips, and videos all over the Internet. They range from great practices to wholly untrue, and it is hard to know which is which. The digital age is overwhelming, especially when you are serious about losing weight. NexGen Health & Wellness offers medically supervised weight loss plans to ensure that you’re always on the right track, with professional supervision and support. Those familiar with medical weight loss may have heard of phentermine, an effective weight loss medication. But new developments are always being made, including those with semaglutide. 

What is Semaglutide

Much like phentermine, semaglutide is an FDA approved weight-loss drug. Although recently approved, this medication has shown immense promise, especially in chronic weight management for overweight adults. Semaglutide is a weekly injection, with dosage depending on the individual. This medication works by binding to and activating the GLP-1 receptor, a receptor commonly targeted in other treatments of type 2 diabetes. Additionally, semaglutide stimulates insulin secretion and lowers glucagon secretion. By slowing down the speed at which the stomach empties and creating a feeling of fullness, semaglutide has proven to be a powerful and long-lasting appetite suppressant. This medication can also improve blood sugar levels, making it a considerable option for those struggling with diabetes. 

In addition to semaglutide, carnitine is added to injection regimens to boost effectiveness. Naturally, carnitine is a critical amino acid in the role of energy production. It’s found in nearly all cells within the body, burning fatty acids to boost metabolism and produce energy. Alongside semaglutide, they make for potent and effective fat burners.

Semaglutide works by binding to and activating the GLP-1 receptor, it stimulates insulin secretion and lowers glucagon secretion when blood glucose levels are high. It also causes a slowing down in how fast the stomach empties and signals to the brain a feeling of fulness. This results in a very powerful and lasting appetite suppression for most patients in addition to improving blood sugar levels.

Carnitine is a potent fat mobilization amino acid.

How Can Semaglutide Help Me?

Just like any weight loss medication, it is highly recommended that semaglutide is used in tandem with healthier lifestyle modifications. As a powerful appetite suppressant, it is most recommended for patients who have a considerable amount of weight to lose to reach their goal. Because of its potency, it’s most often considered for those with at least one weight-related condition, such as high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes. Weight loss of any kind has been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, especially those suffering from obesity, and the approval of this medication offers adults a valuable new treatment option. 

Dosing Regimen:

For the 1st 4 weeks the dose should be only 0.1ml or 10 units. The dose only if needed for more appetite suppression can be titrated to 0.2ml or 20 units for weeks 5-8. Stay with the same dose if losing weight with no side effects. If there is no weight loss or no appetite suppression or cessation and no side effects then increase to 30 units weeks 9-12 and then 40 units weeks 13-16. No more than 50 units per week is recommended after week 16.

We strongly recommend a weekly subcutaneous injection that can be taken with Megaburn and or B12 for the best results with a healthy lifestyle modification. It is a very potent medication, so titrating the dose slowly is extremely important to decrease the side effect profile of Gastrointestinal issues.

Semaglutide is ideal for patients who have a considerable amount of weight to lose. A powerful appetite suppressant, semaglutide with carnitine can help patients lose more weight with a healthy lifestyle implementation.

Most common side effects can include:
Nausea, increase in heart rate, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, dyspepsia, dizziness, abdominal distension, eructation, retinal disorder (diabetes mellitus patients), hypoglycemia (diabetes mellitus patients), flatulence, gastroenteritis, GERD, gastritis, alopecia, lipase increase, amylase increase, injection site reaction, hypotension

Serious Reactions: hypersensitivity reaction, anaphylaxis, angioedema, acute kidney injury, chronic renal failure exacerbation, pancreatitis, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, syncope

Weight Loss with Semaglutide

In today’s day and age, there are thousands and thousands of weight loss posts, tips, and videos all over the Internet. They range from great practices to wholly untrue, and it is hard to know which is which. The digital age is overwhelming, especially when you are serious about losing weight. NexGen Health & Wellness offers medically supervised weight loss plans to ensure that you’re always on the right track, with professional supervision and support. Those familiar with medical weight loss may have heard of phentermine, an effective weight loss medication. But new developments are always being made, including those with semaglutide. 

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Making Healthier Lifestyle Choices with Phentermine

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Taking the first steps in a weight loss journey can feel daunting. With hundreds of different diets and exercise routines plastered all over television and the Internet, knowing where to start can feel next to impossible. That’s where NexGen Health & Wellness can help you with your weight loss program. We offer medically supervised weight loss plans to ensure that you’re losing weight safely, effectively, and with a team of professionals to guide you! Our weight loss programs include a combination of appetite suppressants, GLP-1 agonist (like Semaglutide and Saxenda), fat burners, metabolism enhancers, as well as promoting an overall healthier lifestyle. A blend of these methods may be the push you need to lose weight, a concrete plan means a concrete result. 

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