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09/17/2026

I’ve been getting more questions about what practitioners can offer during and after a GLP-1 program.

So, here’s one we carry that’s worth knowing about: Sarcotropin Pro.

It’s an oral formula that can be used alongside a GLP-1 program to support lean muscle while the patient is losing weight, and then continued afterward as they move into maintenance.

The current formula includes Sarcotyn™ Blend, Pli™ Blend, α-GPC, L-Leucine, L-Arginine, L-Pyroglutamic Acid, GABA, DMAE, Mucuna pruriens, Vitamin K2, Vitamin D3, and Prunus domestica.

No additional injection, which I know will make a lot of people happy.

For practitioners, I like that it gives you something to work with on both sides of the program: supporting lean muscle during weight loss, and then continuing that support after the GLP-1 is finished.

Ingredients:
https://www.sarcotropin.info/ingredients

Ordering info through EC3 Health:
https://www.ec3health.com/

09/16/2026

In a self-pay practice, the patient is paying for a lot more than the treatment.

They are paying attention to everything.

How was the first phone call? Was it easy to book the appointment? How did the front desk treat them? What did the office look like? Did the practitioner have good bedside manner? Did someone actually take the time to go through their labs with them?

All of those little things are helping that patient decide, “Do I trust this practice with my healthcare and my quality of life?”

And then comes the part I think practices sometimes forget.

The patient handed over their credit card and went home.

Now what?

If nobody follows up, the medication is late, or the patient has a question and cannot get anyone on the phone, it can feel pretty quickly like the practice took their money and left them high and dry.

And the fastest way to lose that trust?

Don’t follow up. Have sh*tty people on the phones. Make it impossible to get a question answered once the appointment is over.

A patient can have a great experience with the practitioner and still lose confidence in the practice because of everything that happens afterward.

That is not how you build a successful self-pay program.

The treatment matters, obviously.

But if you want that patient to stay with the practice, the experience surrounding the treatment matters far more.

09/15/2026

Is a hormone optimization program worth it for your practice?

09/13/2026

“My patients keep asking for it” is not a good enough reason to start offering it.

This comes up a lot with peptides.

Right now, you can go online and find a lot of these peptides being sold as “research use only.”

Okay, but what does that mean for the person buying it?

You really don’t know what you’re getting, and quite frankly, these are not for human use, which leaves your practice liable for suggesting them.

You don’t know the quality or testing unless you have a C of A to back it up.

There is a big difference between finding peptides online and going through a licensed provider who orders peptides through a trusted compounding pharmacy.

Regulations are changing quickly regarding injectable peptides; in the meantime, request a clinic price list from EC3Health for our liquid liposomal metered-dose peptides. These have our proprietary patented oral delivery system and work safely and effectively.

09/09/2026

The cost of the medication shouldn't be the only factor determining the price of a cash-pay program.

One of the biggest factors is the practitioner’s time.

How involved do you want to be with each patient? How much time can you realistically afford to spend with them?

The more direct access a patient has to the practitioner, the more expensive the program typically is. I remember back in 2009 when I started to exhibit at the A4M for the first time, and the HCG diet was all the rage. I sat in on a couple of symposiums where a provider was charging close to $1,7000 per month, while others were charging $599 because he was completely immersed in the patients' weight-loss journey every step of the way.

I’ve seen cash-pay programs where the physician is heavily involved throughout the process, and other programs where staff manage the patients and the treatment cost is much lower.

Neither model is necessarily wrong.

But they are two very different levels of service, and the pricing should reflect that.

Before deciding what to charge, figure out how much of your time is built into the program, what add-ons will make your treatment program unique, add any additional staff time, and then price your program accordingly.

09/08/2026

Go to ec3health.com to take our practice assessment

09/03/2026

Center City Pharmacy update!

09/02/2026

If you’ve ever had a keloid removed, you understand the frustration of spending the money, going through the procedure, and watching it come right back.

That's right, I'm back with another awesome study to share:

This study followed 21 patients who had already had keloids removed before, and every one of those scars had returned.

This time, the surgeon removed the keloid with a CO2 laser and applied human placental MSC-derived exosomes directly into the fresh wound bed and surrounding tissue. Larger wounds also received an amniotic membrane graft, and the patients were followed for two years.

18 of the 21 patients had no recurrence during that follow-up period.

The three that did come back were all in hair-bearing areas on the chest, face, and neck.

The researchers believed that remaining hair follicles and recurring folliculitis may have kept inflammation going in those wounds. Those three scars were removed again, laser hair removal was added to the protocol, and the study reported no recurrence at six months.

Now, this was a small pilot study. There was no control group, and the treatment involved more than exosomes alone, so it is impossible to say which part of the protocol made the difference.

But the idea behind it is what caught my attention.

Most people hear “exosomes and keloids” and assume the goal is to inject the existing scar and make it disappear.

That was not the approach here.

The researchers removed the keloid first, then focused on the fresh wound and whether they could influence how it healed before another scar had the chance to form.

For something as stubborn as a keloid, that is a very different way of thinking about the problem.

09/01/2026

Transitioning into a self-pay practice can be daunting, however, I've been doing this for over 15 years now, and LOVE collaborating with forward-thinking practitioners who have made the transition from conventional medicine to a concierge practice. So let's go. I’m going to save everybody some time here.

If you have questions about your practice, take EC3Health's Practice Assessment on our site before we talk.

It gives me a quick picture of what you’re already doing, what type of practice you have, and what you may be looking to add or change.

That means when we get on the phone, I can come into the conversation with a little context instead of making you walk me through your entire practice from scratch.

You get to spend more of that time talking about the things you actually wanted help with in the first place.

https://www.ec3health.com/practice-assessment/

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08/31/2026

The best integrative and functional medicine practitioners are always looking for the root causes of sickness. They're able to go here because they aren't controlled by insurances who dictate how they practice.

That is why I love this business, these providers really care and want to improve the quality of their patients lives.

They want to understand and treat the underlining problem, not just treat the symptom sitting in front of them.

Take medical weight loss.

A patient loses the weight. Great.

But that does not mean the work is done.

The practitioner still needs to understand why the weight became a problem in the first place and what could cause it to come back. That may mean looking at thyroid function, cortisol levels, adrenal health, insulin resistance, or other underlying issues.

That is the difference in the model and brings us right back to endocrinology and and addressing the root cause.

Conventional medicine is often forced to focus on the immediate diagnosis and whatever insurance will cover. Integrative and functional medicine gives practitioners more room to investigate, prevent, and stay involved in the patient’s long-term health.

But none of that happens in a ten-minute appointment.

When practitioners have the time to really understand the patient, better outcomes follow.

Period.