Root Causes Holistic Health & Medicine

About Root Causes Holistic Health & Medicine

What is Root Causes Holistic Health & Medicine?

Root Causes is a holistic and integrative medicine clinic at 12734 Kenwood Lane #56, Fort Myers, FL 33907. The phone number is (239) 347-9234. It serves patients in Fort Myers, Villas, Cypress Lake, McGregor, Cape Coral and the surrounding Lee County communities. Google lists it as a medical clinic with a 4.4 rating from 49 reviews. It is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM, with evenings by appointment only, and closed the other days.

The clinic lists ten services: Investigative Medicine, the Longevity Lounge, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, supplements, hormone replacement therapy, PRP facial, integrative oncology, Terrain 10 for cancer and chronic disease, stem cell and exosome rejuvenation, and IV therapy. Its hormone material names Bi-Est, estradiol, progesterone and testosterone. Weight loss and peptide therapy are not on the service list.

Doreen DeStefano, DNP, NHD, APRN, founded the practice and works in integrative and investigative medicine. Barry Butler, MD, is the medical director. Anni Puleo, RN, is also listed as a prescriber. Sandra Hoskins, NCFMA, is the clinical director, and Frank Pais is the front office manager. Neither of those two is listed as a prescriber.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices, and it does not list a consultation fee. It does not say whether it accepts insurance. Hormone care starts with labs. For women, the clinic requires labs, a current mammogram or breast ultrasound, and a pap smear before hormones can be given. For men, it requires current labs including PSA. The clinic does not say whether those tests or follow-up visits cost extra, or whether a fee would include the medication itself. Ask for the full cost in writing before your first visit.

What should you ask before you book?

Which clinician writes the hormone prescription? Three names appear as prescribers, but the clinic does not say which one handles hormones.

In its own words: "At Root Causes Holistic Health and Medicine, we use only bio-identical hormones compounded to your individual needs." Ask which pharmacy makes that product, and whether a non-compounded option is ever used.

Does the price include the medication, the labs and the follow-up visits? Does the clinic take insurance, and is telehealth offered? It does not say either way.

For the Longevity Lounge and IV therapy, which sessions need a clinician to order them, and which are self-directed? Ask what the clinician reviews before you start.

How do you cancel, and is there a contract or minimum term?

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want an integrative practice in Lee County, you plan to pay out of pocket, and you are willing to ask about prices and prescribers before you book. If you came for weight loss or peptide therapy, this listing does not show either one, so call and ask first.

Sources: rtcausesmd.com, rtcausesmd.com/bioidentical-hormone-replacement-therapy.html

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Mon: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM Evenings By Appointment Only Tue: Closed Wed: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM Evenings By Appointment Only Thu: Closed Fri: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM Evenings By Appointment Only Sat: Closed Sun: Closed

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