My Weight Doctor

I arranged for short consult before my first visit. I went in with the information requested. I was taken into the doctor and had not even taken off my winter coat when he asked why I was here. I gave him my paper work and told him I had questions. He dismissed me and told me I do not need to be there.
I left totally blown away. I wrote a letter to the head of this group re my visit in Rockville. It has been nearly 2 weeks. Since no one seems to care to get feedback I felt it was time to share my experience.
There are other places that offer quality care, education and support.
I am still waiting for my $ 50.00 refund.

NO STARS
This is the worst place. After I finish with them they been playing with my visa account charging me money for no good reason! My contract expired on May 20 013 and 1 week ago I got a letter from them telling me I still have to pay $ 149.99??? I been having problems since my contract expired. Poor management…
P. S. The nutritionist is the secretary! They have diet already prepared. So went you walk in they just need to print it. What I’m saying is they don’t know what they are doing.

I have lost 35 pounds. I’m in the maintenance phase now. I’m going back once a month now. I’m getting the support I need to continue to lose a few more pounds. I could not do this without the support I’ve received here.

I love all the folkd over at MY Weight Doctor… they don’t care if I pass out from shots (b/​c I am a nut job) and they don’t make you feel like a failure if you have a bad week. I lost 30 lbs and couldn’t be happier with the program. However, this isn’t a miracle cure — you have to do the work — watch what you eat, exercise and follow the program. The prorgam will help you regain control.

Sept 09 I got an injection, spent the next couple of days in hospital due to injection. Continued on medication until Dec 09 when my PCP advised me to stop. He sent a certified letter to MWD and I never had another appointment. According to your «contract» — you need to give 3 months notice to end because you are on medication and the doctor needs to monitor you while you go off of them. I never received a follow up phone call from a doctor asking my progress (my lawyer advises me this could be basis for a medical malpractice suit), In June 2010 I received a call from an admin saying I needed to submit a resignation letter, which i did either by fax or mail, not sure which i did. I assumed this was following up with my doctors certified letter from December 2010.
I spoke to a very rude woman last night on the phone who was giving me the «company line». And then she rudely hung up on me. You say that you need 3 months to ween you off the medicine, but in reality since no doctor ever contacted me, I assume it is just a money making scheme.

The cancellation with My Weight Doctor is ridiculous. They make you pay an extra two months of service even if you choose not to use it or not.
My primary care doctor did not want me to continue using this program because weight loss drugs interfere with patients who have diabetes mettilus as well hypertension. I was told that if I wanted to cancel due to medical reason, I would only be responsible for paying up to 30 days, and not the additional 2 months.
Well when I told the billing department this, they said I had to come in for an appointment and their doctors had to determine whether or not I was eligible for cancelling due to medical reason. So therefore, my primary care doctor had no say so in whether or not the program is healthy for me, even though my primary care doctor knows all my medical history.
On top of all this, when you go to My WEight Doctor, you are not seen by the same physician each time. Once you stop taking the prescribed medications, you will gain the weight back.
So if you are looking for a quick fix, this is not it.

If there was a way to indicate NO stars that’s what I’d rate for this practice.
I totally agree with the other poster — that they’re just out to push pills and make money.
Here’s what I will add though…
I called them earlier this evening (the one in Herndon that just opened a couple months ago).
Anyway, I wanted to see about scheduling a consultation with one of their doctors as I had specific questions that were medical related and one of their assistants that answered the phone told me that’s not possible (to schedule a consultation with the doctor). She went on to tell me that the only way I could see a doctor was to FIRST have all these tests done and lab work and THEN I’d get to see a doctor.
She told me that I would have to enroll in their program to do all this before I could even see a doctor (and oh by the way this was going to cost $ 350 and that they’re running a special so that it would only be $ 175 this week).
I told this lady that I had never heard of such a thing where I’d have to spend all this money to have blood work done and other tests before I could even see a doctor to get my questions answered? I don’t think so! That told me right then and there that all they care about is the money and not the person.
In all my life I’ve never heard such a thing. When I was looking in to Lap Band surgery and had a consultation with the surgeon I only had to pay a consult fee and they sure as heck didn’t expect me to have a bunch of tests run before I even talked to them!
So run from this place and run FAST. All they care about is the money and this is perfect testament to this fact.
Run — Run — Run (AWAY!!!)