At least 200 virus can cause the common cold, and none will respond to antibiotics. The cough, post-nasal drip, sinus pressure, headaches, and voice changes may require some rest. Yet, don’t despair, there are still effective medications and home remedies that work to treat the common cold.

Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is a common condition. If you suffer from erectile dysfunction, you are not alone. It affects all men but becomes increasingly prevalent as we age. Getting and maintaining an erection requires your muscles, hormones, brain, nerves, and emotions to come together. Effective treatments exist including medications to help you enjoy sex again and to strengthen erections and make them more attainable.

Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) can help reinvigorate your sex life, boost your energy levels, and improve your mood. Testosterone replacement therapy is used to treat low testosterone (low T, hypogonadism), which is so common that 40% of men over the age 45 live with low testosterone. Symptoms of low T include erectile dysfunction, fatigue, low sex drive, depression, and irritability. Testosterone replacement therapy optimizes your hormone levels through either injections, gels, patches, or pills with the goal of improving your symptoms and quality of life.

Turmeric is a spice commonly found in Indian and East Asian foods and has been used medicinally for hundreds of years in India and Ayurvedic medicine. Turmeric, and its major component, curcumin can help improve arthritis and inflammation, digestive issues, lower heart disease risk, and may even aid in reducing depression. Acquiring all your necessary levels of Turmeric from food sources is difficult, and physicians are now routinely recommending safe approaches to supplementing with turmeric as a treatment solution. In this blog, we detail the roles of turmeric as well as recommended daily allowances.

Maintaining healthy Vitamin D levels can help improve your immune health, reduce inflammation, and also promote healthy bones. Is is increasingly common to find both males and females are deficient in their Vitamin D levels. Acquiring all your necessary Vitamin D from food sources and sun exposure is difficult, and physicians are now routinely recommending safe approaches to supplementing with Vitamin D as a treatment solution. In this blog, we detail the roles of Vitamin D as well as recommended daily allowances.

Cholesterol is a fat-like substance that has a lot of important roles in the body. In other words, we need it. It plays an important role. Yet, too much cholesterol in our blood can build up on artery walls forming plaques that can cause clogs. This makes it a lot harder for blood to circulate. Learn about how to diagnosis and treat elevated cholesterol.

There is no magic pill that will cure obesity, a condition that affects over 40% of adults in the United States. Everyone knows that a combination of diet and exercise is a basic way to lose weight for many people. But many of us have tried this, over and over again, without lasting success. There are new types of medicines that are potential game-changers. Anti-obesity medications have been around for decades, and there are several currently in use.

Primary Care physicians- including family medicine and internal medicine, are trained to perform a wide variety of procedures. We typically offer these procedures in our office, many being completed at the time of your initial visit with the concern. This helps make our patients healthcare affordable by saving them time and money by going to a specialist.

The majority of people have health insurance that includes coverage for medications. Beyond Primary Care is a Direct Primary Care clinic. As part of our mission to make our patient’s healthcare affordable, we stock thousands of medications. We sell our medications at wholesale prices by contracting with the same medication wholesalers as major chains. However, unlike retail pharmacies our clinic sells the exact same mediations to our patients at those wholesale prices.

Beyond Primary care is committed to our patients not only being able to afford their medications but also getting the medications in an accessible and timely manner. Beyond Primary Care not only cares for people in Washtenaw county, but also has patients in Wayne County and Livingston County. Luckily for everyone, we will ship your medication.

If you want to know why the health insurance system in America is so irreparably broken, look no further than how it reimburses its own members- let alone the thousands of physicians, pharmacists, therapists, and others who bill for the services they provide.

Dr. O’Boyle discusses how people diagnosed with high blood pressure (hypertension) may be frustrated, saying “How is this something I have” when you don’t feel any different. Symptoms sometimes validate a diagnosis. Blood pressure management also discussed.

At Beyond Primary Care we routinely offer all our members opportunities for same day and next day appointments with the same doctor who is already familiar with you and your medical history.

Dr. Jeff O’Boyle at Beyond Primary Care discusses affordable and accessible healthcare options for you if you don’t have health insurance.

Dr. Jeff O’Boyle with Beyond Primary Care discusses using a Health Savings Account (HSA) with Direct Primary Care.