There is an exciting development in the world of generic medications.GLP-1 meds have been a real game changer for Diabetes, WT loss and insulin resistance. They have also been extremely expensive on a cash pay basis and insurance coverage is often spotty.In the last few weeks a GLP-1 medication has gone generic and now we […]

When one household member becomes ill with influenza others in the home are at much higher risk to become ill. Often times the rest of the household can be protected from developing symptoms or at least severe symptoms by “chemoprophylaxis” or antiviral drugs given once a day after known influenza exposure. Affordable chemoprophylaxis to keep […]

Conditions like Influenza is where extended hours for Haven members really becomes beneficial. Oseltamivir is a medication that has been shown to shorten the length of and decrease the severity of an influenza infection. The problem? It needs to be started within the first 48 hours of symptom onset. So, often people just “make do” […]

Another service that we are happy to offer is cryosurgery. We can treat warts, moles, sun spots and other skin conditions for a fraction of the cost of the traditional system.

This is probably the last post regarding diabetes for a while.Treatment guidelines recommend routine EKG for diabetics that have had diabetes for 10 years or more or are over 40 years of age.Treatment guidelines recommend annual Urine Alb/create ratio to check kidney health and it is a good practice to check B12 levels since some […]

Continuing with our series about diabetes mellitus.In the vast majority of cases “diabetes” and “prediabetes” are really just arbitrary terms applied to the underlying pathologic condition of insulin resistance.Research has shown that years before evidence of prediabetes and diabetes develops Patients have often been insulin resistant for years if not decades.We screen for elevated insulin […]

Part three of diabetes.Managing blood sugar is absolutely essential to prevent problems associated with diabetes. A very common way is to do finger stick blood sugars several times a day. It is common to hear complaints about the financial burden of purchasing testing strips.Through Haven that financial burden is massively reduced so members with diabetes […]

Part 2 of Diabetes Mellitus. Again, there are dozens of medications in a bunch of different classes that are used to treat diabetes. We decided to break it down into different components.The second and third medications on almost every treatment algorithm for diabetes are Statins and ACE inhibitors.ACE inhibitors help prevent kidney damage.Statins reduce risk […]

Diabetes mellitus is a big topic. There are dozens of medications in a bunch of different classes that are used to treat diabetetes.We have been debating about how to present information on how we can make more affordable, and improve, diabetes care.We decided to break it down into different components.The first med on almost every […]

This is our standard “Healthy Member” annual lab panel. Healthy in this context means there is nothing in the Member’s history that would indicated other labs need to be drawn.

As a nation we celebrate the summer and holidays like July 4th with fireworks, campfires, BBQ and playing in the sun. Naturally enough burns are a thing during this time if year. We do treat many simple burns on a walk in and after-hours basis keeping our members from having to go to the ER. […]

Low testosterone levels are a concern for many men and often the lab testing is very cost prohibitive. Not for our members.

This is a very common condition that we treat affordably

Another common ED prescription medication is Tadalafil. Tadalafil is the ED tablet that is taken daily. It is also often helpful for men with enlarged prostate. This medication, of course, requires a prescription. If you notice the astrik this Facebook post got us thrown in “Facebook jail” for the first time.

Rosuvastatin is considered a 3rd generation statin. Most clinicians would love to be able to get all their patients on Rosuvastatin since it is regarded as a “super statin” due to its high potency and efficacy. However, most insurance programs want patients to start on first or second generation statins. Then if the Patient has […]

Accompanying allergies is often asthma. We do spirometry in the office for no cost. Members will often take several albuterol inhalers to stash at home, work and other places they spend time.

Environmental Allergies is another common condition that we treat. We left antihistamines off of the graphic since there are so many and at so many price points. However, fluticasone nasal spray and montelukast are very common allergy medications that are often very expensive in the fee for service health care system.

We test Vitamin D levels are part of our routine annual panel. A significant fraction of our community population is deficient or insufficient in Vitamin D. Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is so common in our community that we are a little surprised when a new patient has normal levels. With Haven Vitamin D Deficiency is affordable […]

One of the more common same day and next day conditions that we treat.

Many online services charge $5 or $6 for a single sildenafil tablet. We dispense bottles of a 90-100 tablets at a single time.

A common same day and next day condition that we treat on a routine basis.