Aurora Integrative Medical Clinic

About Aurora Integrative Medical Clinic

What is Aurora Integrative Medical Clinic?

Aurora Integrative Medical Clinic is an integrative and functional medicine practice at 713 1st Ave N in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 52314. Nurse practitioners staff the clinic, and three are named as prescribers: Stephanie Friess, FNP-BC, MSN, who has been in practice since 1996; Meagan Mclaughlin, DNP, FNP-C, IFMCP; and Erin Mitchell, DNP. Erin Mitchell is the clinic's pediatric nurse practitioner.

The clinic lists six services: functional medicine, pediatric care, hormone therapy, medical weight loss, aesthetic treatments and IV nutritional therapy. It describes its core as integrative and functional medicine, but hormone therapy and aesthetic treatments take up a large share of what it offers. Google lists it as a medical clinic with a rating of 5 from 2 reviews.

Hormone therapy is a major part of the practice. In its own words: "We primarily use Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)." Hormone visits start with testing current hormone levels, followed by a personalized treatment plan and follow-up evaluations.

The medical weight loss program is an individualized plan. It may combine prescription therapies with nutrition plans, continuous glucose monitoring devices, and assessments of gut microbiome, hormone and nutritional health. Semaglutide is the one medication named. The plan may also use peptides and other GLP-1 agonists.

Peptide therapy and anti-aging and longevity medicine appear under the clinic's medical aesthetics heading. The aesthetic menu includes Botox Cosmetic, Micro-Tox, PRFM filler, microneedling, radiofrequency, a BB Glow peptide facial and PRP hair restoration.

This listing is for its Mt Vernon office at 713 1st Ave N.

What does it cost?

Apart from one offer, the clinic does not publish prices. The exception is a New Patient Introductory Special for Botox Cosmetic at $12/Unit. It does not list a consultation fee. It does not say whether insurance is accepted, or whether medication is included in the weight loss program. Membership terms, financing and cancellation rules are not stated either.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who writes the prescription for your program, and whether it is one of the three nurse practitioners named. Ask whether the weight loss fee includes semaglutide or any other medication, and whether that medication is brand-name or compounded. Ask the same about hormones: which hormones are used, and whether they are brand-name or compounded.

Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, and whether testing is billed separately from the program fee. Ask whether telehealth visits are offered, since the clinic does not say. Ask for its office hours too, or call 319-895-4080 to check. Ask whether supplements are required for either program, because the clinic's site links to a Fullscripts page. Ask how to cancel and whether any fee applies.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want an integrative or functional medicine practice in Mt. Vernon and can pay out of pocket for hormone therapy, medical weight loss or aesthetic work. If you need prices in writing before you call, plan on asking for them by phone.

Sources: auroraintegrativeclinic.com, auroraintegrativeclinic.com/hormone-therapy, auroraintegrativeclinic.com/medical-weight-loss, auroraintegrativeclinic.com/meet-our-providers

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