Physician-Supervised GLP-1 Weight Loss.

Starting at $299/month. No membership fee. No subscription. No insurance required. Everything included.

A lot of weight loss programs hand you a prescription and check out. At Lake Avenue Wellness, a physician stays involved the entire time — monthly check-ins, bloodwork on a real schedule, dosing that actually gets adjusted, and someone keeping track of whether it’s working. That’s the part most programs skip.

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What's Included at $299/Month

One flat monthly fee covers everything. No add-ons. No surprise charges. No membership fee on top of your medication cost.

  • Weekly GLP-1 injection: Prescription physician-supervised injectable medication administered in-office weekly.
  • Initial bloodwork & lab panel: Comprehensive baseline labs to evaluate your metabolic health, hormone levels, liver function, and more before treatment begins.
  • Ongoing bloodwork & monitoring: Regular lab work throughout your program to track progress, catch issues early, and ensure your body is responding safely.
  • Monthly physician check-ins: Face-to-face time with your doctor every month — not a nurse, not a PA, not an automated app. Real physician oversight.
  • Dosing adjustments as needed: Your medication is adjusted based on how your body is actually responding — not a fixed protocol that ignores your individual progress.
  • Direct Primary Care (DPC) membership: Included with your program. Gives you access to your physician for primary care needs throughout your weight loss journey — not just weight-related concerns.
  • All follow-up appointments: Every follow-up visit is covered. No per-visit billing. No hidden fees for additional appointments.

Physician-guided. Lab-driven. Continuously adjusted.

How The Program Works

Step 1

Your first visit is a full evaluation, not a five-minute prescription handoff. A physician goes through your health history, orders a complete baseline lab panel, and makes the call on whether GLP-1 therapy is actually the right fit. Not every patient gets a prescription here — only the ones it's appropriate for.

Step 2

Once you're prescribed, your weekly injection happens in-office, not at your kitchen counter. That means consistent dosing, correct technique every time, and a built-in check-in with our team each week. No waiting on a shipment, no figuring out self-injection from a pamphlet, no second-guessing whether you did it right.

Step 3

Once a month, your physician sits down with your labs, your progress, and how you've actually been feeling. Side effects get handled in that conversation. Dosing gets adjusted there too, by the person actually accountable for your results, not a call center. This monthly checkpoint is the piece most weight loss programs cut to save money, and it's usually why they stop working.

Step 4

Progress on GLP-1 therapy isn't a straight line. Plateaus happen, hormones shift, and life gets in the way of even a good plan. Your physician doesn't disappear after the first month here — they're engaged for the duration, which means when your results change, your protocol changes with them.

Who Is A Good Candidate?

Our GLP-1 weight loss program may be appropriate for you if:

  • You have a BMI of 27 or higher, especially with a weight-related health condition such as high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar, or high cholesterol
  • You have tried diet and exercise without achieving lasting results
  • You want physician-supervised care, not a mail-order medication program
  • You are committed to weekly in-office visits and an active role in your health
  • You have struggled to maintain weight loss after previous programs due to lack of follow-up or accountability

GLP-1 therapy is not appropriate for everyone. Patients with a personal or family history of certain thyroid conditions or pancreatitis may not be eligible. Your physician will review your complete medical history before any prescription is written.

In-Office, Not Mail-Order

Telehealth has made GLP-1 medications easy to get. Easy to get and well-managed aren’t the same thing, though, and the research backs that up — physician-supervised programs with real monitoring consistently outperform medication handed out with no follow-up.

In-office care gives you:

  • A physician who can actually see and assess you — not interpret a form you submitted.
  • Immediate response when something changes: a side effect, a plateau, a question that needs a real answer that day.
  • Lab results read in the context of your whole clinical picture, not just flagged for out-of-range values.
  • The accountability of showing up in person — which matters more than it sounds when the program spans months.
  • A practice that already knows you — if you're in our hormone or recovery programs, your weight loss care integrates with those, not around them.

Physician-guided. Lab-driven. Continuously adjusted.

Transparent Pricing.

No Hidden Fees.

$299 per month

No membership fee. No subscription. No insurance required.

$299 a month covers your weekly injection, every bit of bloodwork, every physician check-in, every follow-up visit, and your Direct Primary Care membership. Nothing gets added on later, nothing gets billed per visit, and there's no separate membership charge sitting on top of the medication cost. A lot of our patients switch to us specifically because their last program charged a platform fee on top of the drug cost. We don't structure it that way. $299 is the whole number.

Ready to start?

Your first visit is a real candidacy conversation, not a consultation that ends in an automatic prescription. We'll go through your metabolic history, your prior attempts at weight loss, and whether this program is actually the right structure for your situation.

If you're a candidate, we'll lay out exactly what the first month looks like. If you're not, we'll tell you that directly and explain why.


Frequently Asked Questions

Does insurance cover this?

No — and we don’t bill insurance for this program. The $299/month covers everything included in the program directly. No copays, no deductibles, no prior authorizations.

Many patients find the total cost is comparable to or less than what they’d spend going through insurance with all its friction. HSA and FSA funds are typically applicable.

Online programs send medication and disappear. At Lake Avenue Wellness, a physician is involved from the first visit through every monthly check-in, every lab review, and every dosing adjustment. In-office injections mean consistent technique and a standing touchpoint with our team every week.

When something isn’t working — plateau, side effect, incomplete response — there’s a physician to call, not a form to submit.

Weekly in-office injection, initial lab panel, ongoing labs and monitoring, monthly physician check-ins, all dosing adjustments, all follow-up visits, and your Direct Primary Care membership. No additional fees, no per-visit charges, no separate membership cost on top of your medication.

That depends on your goals and how your body responds. Some patients reach their target weight and transition off GLP-1 therapy. Others benefit from ongoing use to maintain results and metabolic function.

Your physician discusses the timeline and transition plan as your program evolves — there’s no fixed endpoint imposed from the start.

We investigate before assuming the answer is a higher dose. Thyroid function, cortisol, insulin resistance, and hormonal status all affect how well GLP-1 therapy works.

If your response stalls, we look at what else might be driving resistance and adjust the plan accordingly.

Yes.

DPC membership — included in your program — gives you direct physician access by call or text. You’re not routed through a nurse line or a patient portal that gets checked twice a week.

Yes.

GLP-1 therapy works across both, and we evaluate the sex-specific hormonal and metabolic factors that affect how each patient responds.

Yes. We see patients in-person at 519 4th Street, Wilmette from Evanston, Glenview, Northbrook, Skokie, and across the North Shore. All care is in-person at our clinic.

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