Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate spontaneous onsite visits due to our commitment to previously scheduled appointments.

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You do not require a referral. Our physicians provide care in the area of midlife health and other health issues that result from hormone imbalance. We are a private care not a primary care facility, thus we are not government funded or affiliated. However, we do encourage you to inform your family physician of your care with us. Our physicians are open to communications required with them. General health issues should be directed to your family physician.

Following initial consultation and commencement of any treatment, to promote maximum benefit of your follow up appointment times with the MD, we ask that you communicate any concerns through email then a decision will be made regarding intervention. Please note that forms such as disability, unemployment (stress leave) etc., should be directed to your family physician.

We typically see men who experience a gradual decline in testosterone due to the aging process. It can begin a rapid decent around age 40-45 and onward. Our process can be expensive as we are a private clinic, thus we try to be informative upfront about fees and potential outcome.

If you are younger than 35 years of age, we might ask:

• Do you have a family physician?
• Have you asked them to do a testosterone level through Medicare?

This testing is an option free of fee with presenting symptoms and if it is low often they will run a bioavailable testosterone (which is more definitive).

If testosterone levels are pre-determined to be low then you would qualify as a potential candidate to start testosterone replacement and our experienced team would be happy to assist then follow your progress ongoing.

First, one is “whole” blood drawn from the end of the finger. This is mostly capillary blood as opposed to blood drawn from the arm, which is venous blood. The former contains nutrients, hormones, and oxygen to feed the tissues. The latter is partially spent of these life-giving components and is returning to the heart, lungs, and gastrointestinal tract to pick up another load.

Second, dried blood spots are comprised of whole blood complete with blood cells, whereas serum is the watery component that remains after lab technicians separate blood cells from venipuncture blood (ex, blood drawn from veins using a syringe). Therefore, any hormones bound to any removed blood cells during the separation process are lost. Consequently, test results from blood spots reflect a more accurate assessment of your correct capillary blood hormone levels than test results from serum. Since capillary blood is what feeds the cells of your body, hormones detected in capillary blood reflect a more accurate assessment of hormone levels that affect your body’s tissues (information sourced from zrtlab.com).

It varies greatly whether prescriptions such as estrogen, progesterone and testosterone are covered by your insurance. In certain cases, a special authorization is requested by the insurance company to provide them with more information regarding the specifics of the prescription. The doctor will address these requests by way of a special authorization form (at a minimal administration fee). Any estimate inquiry regarding the cost of each hormone can be forwarded to “Mapleton Pharmacy” by calling 1-506-855-2210.

Please note, dosages are individualized and clients can require restoration of one or more hormones therefore, exact pricing is difficult to quote. In addition, the dosage and duration can fluctuate. Supplements (non-prescription) are rarely covered by health care plans.

“WellNurtureMD” has an integrative working relationship with a compounding pharmacist who has been part of our team since opening day. His valued expertise, as well as his colleagues, is frequently sought by the team as we orchestrate the best individualized approach for each client. He chose to extend his education in pharmacy to include a specialized certification in compounded products and his passion in promoting this niche market is demonstrated by his personable approach.

If you have an existing professional relationship with a pharmacist capable of providing the compounded prescriptions suggested we encourage you to source he/she whom you are confident with.

Yes, we welcome clients from other areas but do require completion of the online assessment with required testing.  Your initial consultation with one of our physicians can be “in person” or “virtual” as the treatment we provide does not require physical assessment. Subsequent follow-up is necessary every 12 months for safe medical review to continue receiving our services.

After establishing an integrative approach to achieving wellness, that you are very much a part of, we will make every effort to accommodate your difficulties in accessing us. We are able to prepare and mail test kits, email forms and arrange booked correspondence by telephone.

For your medical safety, we ask that patients refrain from communicating medical concerns through our clinic email. It is for general clinic communications only and may not be time sensitive based on the volume of daily emails received.

We ask that clients call the office if they require medical assistance to book an appointment. This is done for your own medical safety.