Welcome to 5-Star Wellbeing. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 7 out of 10 U.S. adults are overweight. A study by the FBI found 8 out of 10 law enforcement officers are overweight. Stress levels combined with other aspects of the general nature of police work were cited as why so many officers have weight problems.

The cost is enormous--both in terms of physical and emotional wellbeing, as well as in escalating health care costs. Most important, we want each of us who is part of the Flagler Sheriff’s Office family to be the best we can be.

The brand name GLP-1 receptor agonists labeled for weight loss are extremely expensive at list price and not covered by insurance. And the long-term availability of lower cost “generic” compounded versions of semaglutide and tirzepatide is in doubt.

We know we have to take the costs of these and other drugs into account as we plan individualized wellbeing programs. We do have strategies to lower costs.

GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide and tirzepatide are now considered by many in medicine to be the most effective drugs of the decade. For weight loss, they are unparalleled. They are absolutely effective.

But keeping excess weight off is harder than losing it. The body responds to weight loss by lowering basal metabolism and increasing hunger, making it extremely difficult to maintain a lower weight.

Absolutely, yes. And we want you to be safe.

There are side effects. The most common are mostly more about discomfort than danger. But there are interactions and relatively rare, but more potentially serious side effects to consider.

No, you don’t have to be obese to benefit. Research findings are showing more and more promise of additional health benefits from these medications.

And in matters of health, prevention is always highly preferable to waiting until treatment is necessary.

We prescribe but we don’t sell medications. We’re not one of those companies on the internet that are writing prescriptions so they can sell weight-loss drugs.

We don’t own a pharmacy. We don’t have any arrangement to gain any financial benefit from any pharmacy.

5-Star Wellbeing is not an app. We won’t constantly ping your phone with automated reminders to do this or not do that. Or ever try to communicate with you via a chatbot. Any use of AI will be strictly behind the scenes.

Our ongoing work with you will be person-to-person. People need people if they are going to change their lives.

Our mission is to help people safely, effectively, and conveniently take advantage of the life-changing opportunities GLP-1 medications offer in facilitating wellbeing. And doing so takes getting “outside of the box” of the traditional medical care model.