Renew Family Medicine

11/24/2025

We give out flu vaccines (Flucelvax) to uninsured patients for $35, which covers our operating costs involved with obtaining and storing the vaccines. There are no vaccine administration fees.

11/24/2025

11/24/2025

11/21/2025

11/21/2025

Please get a Tdap vaccine if you are due for a tetanus booster. Td only protects against tetanus and diphtheria.

"Before the first pertussis vaccine became available in the early 1900s, whooping cough was one of the most common childhood diseases and a major cause of childhood death in the United States. Today, children get a series of DTaP shots (full-dose version) starting at 2 months old, and teens and adults receive a Tdap booster (lower-dose version) every 10 years. (Both vaccines target diphtheria and tetanus in addition to pertussis.)

Until recently, 8 in 10 toddlers had received four doses of the DTaP vaccine by age 2, and case rates were controlled. But vaccine coverage has declined since the covid pandemic and increases in state nonmedical exemptions have widened immunity gaps, which is when the proportion of individuals who are immune falls below the level needed to contain spread.

The resurgence of whooping cough has no single cause. Instead, several problems are occurring at once: falling vaccine coverage, only about 60% of pregnant women receiving Tdap, waning immunity, improved testing, and early signs of antibiotic resistance."

New details from health officials suggest the whooping-cough surge may be part of a national pattern driven by slipping vaccine coverage and waning immunity, with infants bearing the brunt of the consequences.

11/19/2025

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

11/18/2025

11/18/2025

Had several patients ask me about these peptides that are deemed as "for research only" and "not for human use". They saw videos on TikTok or had a friend who recommended it to them. Spent half an hour to explain the rigorous testing process and protocols that must be adhered to when pharmaceutical companies conduct clinical trials to apply for FDA approval. I am so grateful to have the time in direct primary care to educate patients on the risks associated with any medical decision, and truly have a partnership with my patients where they feel comfortable reaching out to me about these types of things.

These peptides have not undergone rigorous clinical trials to determine safety and hence have the disclaimer as being "not for human use". This alone should tell you a lot about the risk involved with these drugs.

You’re injecting what now?!

We’ve been flooded with questions about injectable peptides, so here’s the bottom line: I would not inject these into myself or anyone I care about.

🚨Note: This is about non–FDA-approved peptides sold for “wellness,” muscle gain, and anti-aging — NOT legitimate peptide medications like insulin or GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy).

Most popular peptides (BPC-157, TB-500, CJC-1295, etc.) have little to no meaningful human data. A few have tiny early studies, but none have the long-term controlled trials needed to establish safety. Nearly everything comes from rodent research — which rarely predicts human outcomes. 🐀

🤔Major unknowns:

➡️Growth-stimulating peptides could, in theory, also stimulate cancer growth. We don’t know.
➡️Many alter hormonal pathways (like growth hormone/IGF-1), but the long-term effects in healthy people are unknown.
➡️People “stacking” multiple peptides are doing something never studied in humans.
➡️Regulators have warned of immune reactions, contamination, and unpredictable side effects — but we don’t actually know the true risk.

⚠️Quality concerns:

Unlike FDA-approved drugs, these products are often made or sold with no standardization:
➡️Purity and dosing are not guaranteed
➡️Batch-to-batch consistency is questionable
➡️Improper storage can create harmful breakdown products
➡️Several peptides are banned in sports as unapproved performance enhancers

Many companies sell peptides as “research chemicals” or “not for human use” while implying exactly how to inject them. This is a regulatory loophole that means:
⛔️No safety testing
⛔️No required monitoring
⛔️No accountability if someone is harmed

And yet people are paying hundreds to thousands of dollars a month for substances with essentially unknown risk profiles.

Injecting unapproved peptides means betting your health on animal data, marketing claims, and hope. The benefits remain theoretical. The risks are unclear and could be significant.

Influencer marketing is powerful, but it shouldn’t replace evidence.

🔗 https://apnews.com/article/peptide-injections-rfk-maha-4d48e78a5d65658b4d6eac87818352e3

11/14/2025

"But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks."

Have a happy peaceful weekend!

11/13/2025

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Popular Supplement Following Hospitalizations:

Do not eat, sell, or serve certain recalled products containing moringa leaf powder. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.

11/12/2025