On Ozempic AND Hormone Therapy? One Thing No One Tells You
Ozempic and Hormone Therapy: The Absorption Problem If you’re on a GLP-1 and you’re also on hormone therapy, here’s something almost no one is telling you: your hormones might not be absorbing the way they used to. Same dose. Less getting in. And...
Ozempic & Your Brain: What It’s Really Doing Up There
Ozempic doesn’t work on your stomach. It works on your brain — on a structure the size of an almond that I’ve spent thirty years studying. And once you understand what these drugs are actually doing up there, two things finally make sense: why they work so...
Hot Flashes Explained: It’s Your Brain, Not Just Your Hormones
A hot flash doesn’t start in your body. It starts in your brain — in a thermostat that has become oversensitive. And once you understand that, two things shift: the experience stops feeling so random and out of control, and a whole second lever opens up for...
These 3 Chemicals In Your Home Could Be Wrecking Your Hormones
There are chemicals in your home right now — in your food storage containers, your takeout packaging, the lotion on your bathroom shelf — that are quietly scrambling your hormonal system. They’re called endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs. And the part that...
Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain: The Connection Your Doctor Missed
If you have fibromyalgia & chronic pain, or you’ve been told your labs are normal but you hurt everywhere — there is a connection almost no one checks. It’s not in your joints. It’s not in your head. It’s in the part of your brain that sets...
What Happens When You Stop Taking Genesis Gold®?
People ask me this all the time: what happens when you stop taking Genesis Gold®? And after watching patients for over twenty years — and taking Genesis Gold® myself for just as long — I’ll give you the honest answer. It’s not dramatic. There’s no...
Why You Wake Up at 3AM (And How to Actually Fix It)
If you fall asleep just fine but you wake up at 3am staring at the ceiling — that is not random, and it’s probably not insomnia the way most people use that word. True insomnia is difficulty falling asleep. What you’re describing — falling asleep fine,...
Why Am I Suddenly Done With Everyone In Midlife?
Feeling suddenly “done” with everyone in midlife is a common and biologically rooted experience. As estrogen shifts during perimenopause and menopause, the brain’s drive to constantly please, accommodate, and monitor others’ approval begins to...
Is Your GLP-1 Making You Lose Muscle Not Fat?
GLP-1 medications can cause a portion of weight loss to come from muscle rather than fat. Studies on GLP-1 receptor agonists suggest that a third or more of the weight lost may come from lean muscle tissue. This isn’t unique to these drugs — it happens with most...
The Real Root Cause of PCOS Your Doctor Missed
What is the root cause of PCOS? The root cause of PCOS is best understood as a disruption in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis — the hormone communication system linking the brain and ovaries. This disruption creates both metabolic and reproductive hormone...
Progesterone: The Hormone Most Women Are Missing
So why is progesterone important, and what’s the best progesterone available? Let’s talk about it. Progesterone is one of the most important hormones that your body makes, especially for women, but men also make a little bit of progesterone. Progesterone...The Hormone Queen®
Deborah Maragopoulos FNP
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