High Cholesterol

PonteVita Rx's telehealth prescription refill service is all about making prescription access timely and affordable. Once you qualify, a board-certified physician will efficiently renew your prescriptions online. This approach removes extra refill visits and additional medical bills, ensuring utmost convenience and accessibility.

PonteVita Rx's online prescription refill service is tailored for individuals stable on routine medications. However, not all prescriptions or conditions are suitable for 1-year refills. Some medications may require regular monitoring and adjustments by healthcare providers.

PonteVita Rx provides a more convenient 1-year refill term for patients safely taking routine maintenance medications. Whether you're on the move, relocating or simply forgot your prescription refill, PonteVita Rx has you covered. You can message us anytime during your term of service and your refills will be swiftly processed wherever you are in the country.

No, you don't need insurance to use PonteVita Rx's services. However, you can still use your health insurance to cover pharmacy payments for your medications. PonteVita Rx operates independently of insurance coverage for its telehealth prescription refill service, ensuring the lowest cost for patients. If you have a HSA/FSA account - that can be used for payment to PonteVita Rx but we currently do not accept insurance for the payment of our services.

PonteVita Rx has a straightforward pricing approach. We operate on a tier-based subscription model tailored to your medication needs:

• $10/month for 1-2 medications
• $15/month for 3-4 medications
• $20/month for 5 medications

We bill upfront which means your total cost today for a full year of refill service is:

• $120 for 1-2 medications
• $180 for 3-4 medications
• $240 for 5+ medications

Remember, these subscription costs are separate from the actual cost of your medication.

Eligible patients may request up to 1-year online prescription refills. This aims to simplify your prescription management, ensuring you live a less stressful life with readily available prescriptions.

After completing the online prescription renewal process, you can expect swift service. The goal is to ensure you pick up your medication from the pharmacy of your choice without unnecessary delays, prioritizing your timely access.

The number one way to lower cholesterol for most people is to lose weight. When you put your body into a calorie deficit you force your body to mobilize excess energy stores in the form of body fat for energy. This is the most potent thing you can do to lower your cholesterol outside of using medication.

High cholesterol is like high blood pressure in that it usually has no symptoms at all. This is why seeing your family doctor for recommended screening exams and blood work is so important. The exception here is that some people have certain genetic conditions that cause their cholesterol levels to be sky high (i.e. familial hypercholesterolemia) and this can lead to fatty deposits that sit underneath the skin called xanthomas. High cholesterol can lead to fatty streaks and damaged blood vessels which over time can cause things like strokes, heart attacks, and peripheral vascular disease amongst other very bad diseases and outcomes.

Total cholesterol is not really that important. The clinically relevant endpoint of every major drug proven to help patients is targeted at lowering the number of LDL proteins which are like transport trucks for cholesterol. If you lower overall cholesterol (e.g. by taking a statin drug) then you need less transport trucks to carry around that cholesterol. New drugs like PCSK9 inhibitors actually cause the body to directly clear the LDL proteins from circulation which are really powerful at lowering LDL.