Mounjaro is a once-weekly tirzepatide injection offered at Oshun in Kingston, Jamaica within Dr. Charles Rockhead's medical weight loss programme. Whether it is right for you is decided at an in-person consultation, never before it.
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Every procedure at Oshun is reviewed and led by a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. Dr. Rockhead is a physician first — the same one who treats women's health on the other side of his practice.
Three decades as a practicing OB/GYN at Amadeo Medical Group, the parent clinical practice. Every Medical Weight Loss plan is reviewed by a physician who has cared for women through pregnancy, surgery, perimenopause, and post-natal recovery.
Every Medical Weight Loss patient leaves consultation with a written plan: areas, technique, timing, recovery, cost. Returning patients refine the same plan rather than starting from scratch every visit.
Oshun's approach favours conservative, considered care over aggressive intervention. Decisions are made in conversation with you, options are presented in plain language, and consent is informed at every step.
What Mounjaro is, how it is prescribed at Oshun, how it differs from Ozempic, what the side effects are, and what a consultation costs.
Mounjaro is a prescription medicine whose active substance is tirzepatide. It is injected under the skin once a week from a prefilled pen, on the same day each week, according to the European Medicines Agency. Tirzepatide acts in the same way as two hormones made in the gut, GLP-1 and GIP, which the agency says reduces appetite and helps people manage their weight.
The honest version
Mounjaro works alongside diet and activity.
In the European Union, Mounjaro is authorised for weight management together with diet and physical activity, not in place of them, according to the European Medicines Agency.
Mounjaro is a medicine for a medical condition. Its maker, Eli Lilly, says in an open letter that it is not approved for, and should not be used for, cosmetic weight loss.
Weight often returns when the medicine is stopped. In a study described in Mounjaro's product information, people who stopped it regained a substantial part of the weight they had lost, even though they kept receiving diet and activity advice. Plan with Dr. Rockhead for what happens after the medicine.
Our medical weight loss page explains the whole programme: nutrition, activity, monthly follow-up, and what to expect when the medicine stops.
At Oshun, Mounjaro is prescribed and given by Dr. Charles Rockhead, a board-certified obstetrician and gynaecologist and the clinic's Medical Director. He reviews your medical history, your weight history and your laboratory results before any prescription is written.
Dr. Charles Rockhead, Medical Director — Oshun Cosmetic Services, Kingston.
Medical Director · Board-Certified OB/GYN · 30+ years of practice
Dr. Charles Rockhead is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with more than thirty years of practice in Kingston. He is the Medical Director of Oshun Cosmetic Services and the founding physician of Amadeo Medical Group, the parent clinical practice.
At Oshun, Mounjaro is available only through the medical weight loss programme, and the programme begins with an in-person consultation at 9 Devon Road, Kingston. These are the steps.
Book online or message the care team on WhatsApp. Every consultation is in person at 9 Devon Road, Kingston. Virtual consultations are not currently offered.
Baseline laboratory tests are arranged before treatment: a full blood count, a comprehensive metabolic panel, a lipid panel, HbA1c, TSH and vitamin D. Bring any records of your weight history and a list of your current medications.
Dr. Rockhead reviews your medical history, your weight history and your results. He then writes an individualised plan covering medication where appropriate, nutrition, activity and monitoring. If Mounjaro is part of that plan, it is prescribed then.
Once you are on the injections you are seen once a month at no additional charge. Each visit lasts 15 to 30 minutes.
Mounjaro and Ozempic are both once-weekly injections, but they contain different active substances. Mounjaro contains tirzepatide, which acts like two gut hormones, GLP-1 and GIP. Ozempic contains semaglutide, which acts like GLP-1 alone, according to the European Medicines Agency.
The most common side effects of Mounjaro, which may affect more than 1 in 10 people, are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhoea, and low blood glucose when it is used with insulin or a sulphonylurea, according to the European Medicines Agency.
These are common patient profiles in the weight loss programme. They describe the programme, not who this medicine is authorised for. If one sounds like you, an in-person consultation at 9 Devon Road is the next step.
Patients with obesity-related conditions where weight loss directly improves the underlying condition.
Pre-diabetes managementPatients with elevated HbA1c whose primary driver is weight.
Perimenopausal weight changeWomen whose weight has increased through perimenopause despite consistent lifestyle effort.
Pre-surgical optimizationPatients planning elective surgery where pre-operative weight loss reduces surgical risk.
At Oshun the first consultation starts at J$11,000, and the cost of the medicine is given to you in writing at that consultation. The monthly follow-up visit is at no additional charge while you are on the injections.
If this sounds right
Every weight loss patient at Oshun starts with a consultation, in person at 9 Devon Road, with Dr. Rockhead. Nothing is prescribed and nothing is signed until you have your plan and your quote in writing.
No obligation · Every consultation is in-person with Dr. Rockhead. Call +1 (876) 676-6297
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Mounjaro is one part of a plan. The plan starts with a consultation.
No obligation · Every consultation is in-person with Dr. Rockhead. Call +1 (876) 676-6297