The Center for Weight Loss
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What is The Center for Weight Loss?
The Center for Weight Loss is a medical weight loss practice at 107 West Main St., New Albany, Mississippi 38652. The phone number is (662) 534-0890. William Johnson, M.D., is the physician who prescribes there. Dr. Johnson is a diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.
The practice offers three services: medical weight loss, individualized plans, and a long term approach. For individualized plans, Dr. Johnson takes a history that covers past successes and failures, habits, routines, motivations and goals, then builds a custom program. The practice prescribes FDA-approved medications, and Phentermine is the only one it names. The long term approach focuses on the move into weight maintenance, with habit changes and encouragement toward healthy activity. It holds a 5 rating on Google from 13 reviews.
In its own words: "We will be honest and straightforward in our approach."
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices. It does not state a consultation fee, whether any program fee includes the medication, whether it accepts insurance, whether it offers an HSA or financing, or what its membership terms and cancellation rules are. No cost figure of any kind appears in its materials, so every charge has to come from the office.
Ask for each charge in writing before you book. Ask for the total you would pay over the first few months, not only the monthly figure, so you can compare it with what you expect to spend.
What should you ask before you book?
Start with who signs the prescription and how often you would see Dr. Johnson in person. Ask whether any visit can happen by video, since telehealth is not mentioned. Then ask whether the program fee includes Phentermine or whether the medication is billed separately, and whether the drug is brand-name or compounded.
Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, whether the office takes insurance or works on cash pay only, how a program is cancelled, and whether a missed appointment is charged.
Hours are irregular. The office is open Tuesday 9 to 4, Thursday afternoons 1 to 5, every other Friday morning 9 to 12, and 2 Saturday mornings per month. Call or text before you drive over. Replies may be slow, because Dr. Johnson and his staff work other jobs. Ask for the next open day that suits you, and confirm it before you go.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want an in person visit in New Albany with a physician who prescribes Phentermine, and you can work around irregular hours and get every cost in writing before you commit. It is a weaker match if you need a fixed schedule, online visits, or a published price before you make the first call.
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off The Center for Weight Loss’s own website on 2026-10-13. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “We prescribe FDA-approved medications including Phentermine.” source
Hours
Tuesday 9 to 4, Thursday afternoons 1 to 5, every other Friday morning 9 to 12, and 2 Saturday mornings per month.