Licensed providers. In-home visits in Brooklyn, NY, and Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, NV.
(718) 218-4791info@briyahealth.comAn FDA-approved peptide that reduces deep belly fat in its approved use, prescribed and monitored at home by a New York-licensed provider in Brooklyn.
Tesamorelin is a lab-made version of the hormone that tells your pituitary gland to release growth hormone. It is FDA-approved, as Egrifta, to reduce excess belly fat in adults with HIV-related lipodystrophy. Other uses are off-label.
Adults with a medical reason that your provider thinks it may help. It is not safe during pregnancy, and it is not used in people with active cancer or certain pituitary problems.
Your provider reviews your history and labs, including blood sugar. Tesamorelin is a daily shot under the skin. Follow-up visits check your progress, blood sugar and any side effects.
Every protocol is prescribed and monitored by a licensed provider.
Your protocol is chosen based on your health history and what you want to achieve.
No clinic visits. Your provider comes to you in Brooklyn.
Tesamorelin is FDA-approved to reduce excess belly fat in adults with HIV-associated lipodystrophy. Your provider explains what is known about other uses before you decide.
Your provider checks blood sugar, A1c and IGF-1, and measures your waist. People with diabetes need closer sugar checks.
Tesamorelin is a once-daily shot under the skin of the belly. Your provider teaches you how to prepare and give it.
In studies, belly fat changes were measured over about six months. Your provider rechecks labs and waist size and decides with you whether to continue.
Joint pain, redness or itching at the shot site, swelling in the hands or feet, muscle pain and tingling are the most common.
Tesamorelin can raise blood sugar. Your provider watches your glucose and A1c, and checks IGF-1 so it does not climb too high.
Do not use tesamorelin if you are pregnant, have active cancer, or have had pituitary surgery, a pituitary tumor or head radiation. Belly fat usually returns after stopping.
Brand-name tesamorelin is often supplied by specialty pharmacies. New York requires electronic prescriptions, and your provider helps coordinate delivery to your Brooklyn address.
For people with HIV-associated lipodystrophy, some insurance plans, including some New York plans, may cover tesamorelin. Briya Health is cash-pay, but your provider can give you the paperwork you need to ask your plan.
Blood for glucose, A1c and IGF-1 can be drawn during your home visit and sent to a lab with a New York State permit.
It raises your own growth hormone levels. In studies of people with HIV-related lipodystrophy, it reduced deep belly fat. Evidence for other uses, such as general anti-aging, is limited.
Joint pain, swelling, redness at the shot site and higher blood sugar are the most common. Your provider will watch your blood sugar during treatment.
In studies, belly fat came back after people stopped tesamorelin. Your provider will talk with you about how long to use it and what to expect.
Briya Health is a cash-pay practice. You are told the price before you book, with no surprise fees. We accept cash, Zelle, all major credit and debit cards, and HSA and FSA cards.
Briya Health providers come to your home anywhere in Brooklyn, including Prospect Heights, Kensington, Bushwick and Dyker Heights. Enter your address when you book to confirm the visit.
One of our New York-licensed providers: Yaakov D. Kotlarsky, PA-C, Madeleine Navar, PA-C, or Jonathan Navar, MD. You can see their license details on the Providers page.
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