Coastal Direct Primary Care

04/05/2026

As a reminder, we dispense generic medicine from our office and our prices are usually better than what you can get elsewhere, even with a coupon. Why? Because this is a member benefit, not a revenue stream for us. We love helping our patients save money!!!

We carry both prescription and over-the-counter medications. Check with us for pricing! 💊 💰 🤑

In February, TrumpRx joined a growing list of websites consumers can tap for discounts on their medicines. Here's a cheat sheet for getting the best deal.

04/03/2026

Friday Funny. Have a great weekend!

04/01/2026

It's that time of year again! I just found a tick on a patient here for something else. If you find a tick, remove it and take pictures (see tips on the website) and send in for identification.

As always, prevention is best!

Upload your tick photo — top side up — and answer a few questions to get started. Please only upload JPG files, no PNG files. Click our photo tips below to learn how to take your best tick photo ever! Also, please only submit one tick per submission. And it helps us if you take […]

04/01/2026

Vi**ra-spiked chocolate. No, this is not an April Fools joke!

* Adult novelty company Gear Isle, based in California, has recalled two of its chocolate products after discovering they contained "undeclared" erectile dysfunction drugs, sildenafil and tadalafil, the FDA has said

* The organization warned these ingredients could dangerously interact with certain medications and cause "life-threatening" drops in blood pressure

* Customers are advised to stop using the products and return them for a refund through the company’s website

Gear Isle, an adult novelty company based in California, is recalling some of its chocolate products after it was discovered they contained potentially harmful amounts of ingredients also found in Vi**ra, the FDA has said.

03/31/2026

A reminder on this International Transgender Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️....

We see you and we care about you. ALL are welcome here.

03/30/2026

I've been reminded it's Doctors' Day, so I thought I'd share this graphic again, about how I became a physician. 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, then 3 years of residency. Residency is on-the-job training, once we've earned our MD or DO. It is supervised training, for at least 3 years. (Different specialties have different lengths of residency.) And during this process, I passed three standardized national board exams (USMLE Steps 1, 2 and 3) that all medical students take, then my Family Medicine Board Certification exam. (Among many other exams along the way.) I have never stopped learning and studying, earning two additional Board Certifications in Obesity Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine.

Please don't belive anyone who tells you a PA or NP is just as well educated or trained as a physician. It's objectively not true. Yes, they have a valuable role on the healthcare team, but they are not physicians and shouldn't be confused for physicians.

03/30/2026

Thank you Rep. Alonna Berry for cosponsoring this bill that requires transparency from AI and chatbot 🤖tools so that they cannot "pose" as a health care professional 👩‍⚕️. Can you believe we actually need this now? 🤯

HB 191- This Act clarifies that a nonhuman entity, including an agent powered by AI, may not be licensed as a professional nurse, APRN, practical nurse, physician, or physician assistant. It further clarifies that a nonhuman entity may not use any of the foregoing professional titles.

03/29/2026

This week! Wednesday, 4pm.

Our next book club will meet on Wednesday, April 1st, from 4:00pm - 5:30pm All are welcome, Coastal DPC patient or not. We just ask that you please RSVP.

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.

Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.

https://browseaboutbooks.com/book/9780063251984

And did you know you can buy audiobooks from Libro.fm and choose Browseabout Books to support, so a portion of your purchase revenue goes to the store?

03/27/2026

Friday Funny. Have a great weekend!

03/26/2026

If this administration gets what it wants, only white Christian men will be able to go to medical school.

The Justice Department’s demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, represent a flex of federal power.

03/26/2026

Myth #1: Aging Definitely Means Declining Health
Myth #2: Cognitive Decline Is Inevitable
Myth #3: You Can’t Learn New Things in Old Age
Myth #4: Older People Need Less Sleep
Myth #5: The Best Years Are Behind Us

By breaking down these common misconceptions about getting older, we can encourage a society that values and supports people of all ages.