EPISODE 64: Why Some Women Need More Than Hormone Replacement with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer

Welcome back to Peptides for Women podcast!

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Aleksandra Gajer, a medical doctor specializing in functional and metabolic health, to talk about her journey from emergency medicine to functional medicine and how peptides have become an important part of her own health journey and her work with women.

Dr. Gajer shares how her experience with Lyme disease and the limitations she saw in conventional medicine led her to explore a deeper approach to health. We talk about mitochondrial health, healing peptides, growth hormone secretagogues, hormones, and how she approaches peptide protocols based on each woman’s individual symptoms, labs, and goals.

She also explains how she uses peptides like MOTC, SS31, NAD+, BPC-157, KPV, thymus, sermorelin, tesamorelin, and more, including how she thinks about supporting mitochondrial function and muscle mass in midlife women.

In this episode, we cover:

• Dr. Gajer’s journey from emergency medicine to functional medicine
• Her experience with Lyme disease and chronic health struggles
• Why she felt conventional medicine was missing something
• How hormones became an important part of her practice
• How peptides became the “icing on the cake” for her and her patients
• Her personal experience using healing peptides after Lyme disease
• BPC-157, KPV, thymus, and Alpha-1 for immune and healing support
• Why mitochondrial health is especially important for women in midlife
• How MOTC, SS31, and NAD+ work differently to support mitochondria
• How she approaches peptide protocols based on a woman’s symptoms and labs
• Growth hormone secretagogues and supporting muscle mass and sleep
• Sermorelin, tesamorelin, CJC-1295, and ipamorelin
• Why some women may experience anxiety with ghrelin-related peptides
• Tesamorelin and visceral fat
• How hormones and peptides can work together for midlife women
• A patient story involving hormones, a GLP-1, sermorelin, and MOTC
• Pinealon and the future of brain health and longevity
• Why prioritizing your health can change how you experience midlife

Connect with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer!

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegajerpractice/
• Website: https://thegajerpractice.com/

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This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not provide medical advice. Always speak with your licensed healthcare provider before starting or changing any medication or treatment plan.