- Open Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Saturday by appointment
- 5850 SE 5th St UNIT 101, Ocala, FL 34472
Provider-supervised weight management with medication support, regular follow-up and attention to the conditions that travel alongside weight.
This is medical care rather than a diet plan. Dr. Ricketts assesses your health history, discusses whether medication is appropriate for you, and follows you over time. Weight is closely tied to blood pressure, blood sugar and joint pain, and those are monitored alongside.
Weight loss medications are not right for everyone. If they are not appropriate for you, we will say so and discuss what is.
Because we also manage diabetes, blood pressure and joint pain, weight is treated here as part of your overall health rather than in isolation. That means the same provider watching how your other numbers respond as your weight changes.
We care for patients across Ocala, Silver Springs Shores, Belleview, Summerfield and Ocklawaha, from our clinic on SE 5th Street at Peppertree.
That depends on your health history, any conditions you manage and what is appropriate for you. Call the clinic at (352) 566-3706 and we will discuss the options at an assessment visit rather than over the phone.
It depends on your weight, your health history and any related conditions. An assessment visit is the way to find out. If medication is not appropriate for you, we will tell you and talk about what is.
Results vary considerably between people, and anyone promising a specific number is not being straight with you. What we can say is that supervised programmes with regular follow-up do better than going it alone.
Coverage varies widely by plan and by medication, and many plans do not cover it. Call us with your plan name and we will help you find out before you commit to anything.
Regularly, particularly at the start. Follow-up is the part that makes supervised weight loss work, and it lets us adjust the plan and monitor your other health numbers.
Yes, and we will go through them with you before you start rather than after. Some are common and settle, others mean the medication is not right for you.
Call the clinic and book an assessment, and we will tell you honestly whether this is the right approach for you.
