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Peptide Therapy

At Meeting Point Health, we offer peptide therapy as part of our functional and regenerative toolkit to help patients improve energy, slow aging, and restore balance at the cellular level. These powerful, naturally occurring amino acid chains act as messengers in the body, stimulating repair, renewal, and optimization in ways that traditional medicine often can’t reach.

Benefits of Peptide Therapy

  • Improved sleep quality and mood
  • Enhanced fat loss and lean muscle development
  • Faster soft tissue repair and recovery from injury
  • Relief from chronic pain and inflammation
  • Support for hormone balance
  • Healthier skin, hair, and joint function
  • Improved focus, memory, and cognitive clarity
  • Strengthened immunity and resilience

Because peptides work at the cellular level, they can be customized to support many aspects of wellness, performance, and longevity.

How is it administered?

  • Capsules (taken daily by mouth)
  • Creams (applied topically)
  • Nasal sprays or nebulizers
  • Subcutaneous injections or IV infusions for optimal absorption

Peptides can be delivered in several convenient ways depending on your needs.

While oral supplements are available, most peptides are more effective when given through injections or IV therapy since they’re too large to be absorbed well through the digestive tract.

Who is a Candidate?

Peptide therapy is safe, well-tolerated, and effective for a wide variety of people. Whether you’re struggling with fatigue, chronic pain, stubborn weight, cognitive decline, or simply want to stay ahead of the aging process, peptide therapy may help. At Meeting Point Health, we personalize every plan, ensuring the peptides we recommend align with your unique needs and health goals.

What To
Expect

  • Frequency: May be administered daily or weekly for 3 months or longer, depending on your goals.
  • Treatment Time: Capsules, creams and subcutaneous injections are quick; IV or nebulizer sessions take about 15–20 minutes.
  • Recovery: Peptide therapy has a very mild side-effect profile, with little to no downtime.

Some of the Peptides Offered at Meeting Point Health

Brain/Central Nervous System
Synapsin-RG3

Dihexa

VIP

5 Amino 1-MQ

PT-141

Cerebrolysin



Mood
Oxytocin

Selank

Semax

PE 22-28



Gut/Musculoskeletal
BPC-157

GHK-Cu

KPV

Larazotide



Growth Hormone Analogues
Tesamorelin

Sermorelin

CJC-1295/Ipamorelin

Hexarelin

Pentosan Polysulfate



Mitochondrial Support
Mots-C

Epitalon

SS-31

Humanin

Gonadorelin

NAD+



Immune Support
Thymosin Alpha 1 (TA1)

Thymosin Beta 4 (TB4 or TB500)

ARA290

Thymulin



Weight Loss
AOD 9604

Semaglutide

Tirzepatide

Retatrutide

Cagrilinitide



Cardiovascular
Sytrinol

FAQs

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Ozone Therapy

A powerful therapy to boost immunity, fight infection, and support whole-body health

Are you struggling with autoimmune conditions, chronic infections, or toxic exposures such as Lyme disease or mold illness? Or do you want a functional approach to support your heart health? At Meeting Point Health, we offer ozone therapy in Philadelphia as a powerful, science-backed treatment. This therapy can strengthen your immune system, fight pathogens, lower cardiovascular risks, and even enhance the benefits of chemotherapy.

Benefits of Ozone Therapy

  • Inactivates viruses, bacteria, fungi, yeast and parasites through degradation of their cell walls and inhibiting replication
  • Increases production of antioxidants including glutathione
  • Protects your mitochondrial DNA from damage
  • Stabilizes lysosomes (digestive organelles in the cell that clean up dead cells)
  • Produces natural peroxides that create a controlled amount of oxidative stress. This process stimulates your immune system 
to clean up trash, and thereby reduces inflammation and 
improves circulation
  • Increases production of prostacyline, a vasodilator, thereby increasing blood circulation
  • Increased red blood cell glycolysis rate which allows more oxygenation to tissues.
  • Stimulates the production of various enzymes which act as free radical scavengers and cell membrane protectors (glutathione peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase.)
  • Reacts with nitric oxide to form peroxynitrite, a potent oxidant necessary for killing pathogens and cancerous cells
  • Induces apoptosis (programmed cell death) in tumor cells
  • Enhances the Krebs cycle (metabolism) and stimulates production of NAD, which is necessary for detoxification and production of ATP (cell energy)
  • Releases and activates TNF-alpha (tumor necrosis factor)

What Can Ozone Be Used For?

  • Lyme and other co-infections
  • Mold Toxicity and other Biotoxin Illness
  • Adjunct Cancer Therapy (ozone helps potentiate chemotherapy)
  • Skin disorders such as acne, dermatitis and psoriasis
  • Easing inflammation from arthritis
  • Repairing immune function in autoimmune diseases
  • Other chronic viral or bacterial infections such as in 
PANS/PANDAS
  • Lowering chronic pain associated with degenerative spine conditions, herniated discs, and osteoarthritis

What To Expect

  • Frequency: Weekly for approximately 6-12 weeks
  • Treatment Time: 60-90 minutes
  • Recovery: Most patients are able to resume normal activity immediately after treatment.

At Meeting Point Health, IV ozone is often combined with glutathione and other nutritional bags on the day of infusion.

Ozone
Offered at Meeting Point Health

FAQs

Is Ozone Safe and What are the Possible Side Effects?

How Do I Know If Ozone Therapy is Right For Me?

Can I Receive Ozone Treatment at Your Office if I Don’t Live Locally?

How is Ozone used Medically?

What is ozone?

What is ozone therapy?

What are the side effects of ozone therapy?

How often will I need ozone?

How much do the ozone treatments cost?

Does Meeting Point Health accept insurance?

How do I get started with Meeting Point Health?

Health Coaching

Health Coaching bridges the gap between treatment and lasting lifestyle change. Our certified health coaches work one-on-one with you to translate your personalized care plan into daily habits that support healing, energy, and resilience. Through education, accountability, and compassionate guidance, you’ll learn how to make sustainable choices that align with your goals. At Meeting Point Health, Health Coaching empowers you to take an active role in your wellness journey—transforming progress into lifelong vitality.

What Are the Benefits of Seeing a Health Coach?

The benefits of seeing a health coach are as limitless as the benefits of meeting any of the goals that the client has set forth for themselves. That being said, here are some of the biggest benefits for seeing a health coach:

  • Achievement of big goals through small, manageable steps
  • Improved sleep
  • Improved quality of life
  • Healing from autoimmune disorders
  • Healing from reversible cardio-metabolic syndrome
  • Improved self-esteem/self-worth
  • Connecting goals to overall life vision
  • Health Independence

FAQs

What Certifications Does Your Health Coaches Have?

How Can a Health Coach Help?

Does Meeting Point Health accept insurance?

How do I get started with Meeting Point Health?

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) restores hormonal balance using compounds that are chemically identical to the hormones your body naturally produces. As we age, hormone levels can fluctuate, leading to fatigue, mood changes, weight gain, and disrupted sleep. BHRT helps bring these systems back into alignment, improving energy, focus, and overall well-being. At Meeting Point Health, we tailor each BHRT plan to your unique physiology—helping you feel like yourself again, with vitality that lasts.

BHRT vs Synthetic Hormone Replacement Therapy

BHRT uses hormones that have the same molecular structure as the hormones made by your body and are derived from plant materials as well as mammalian sources. Synthetic hormones (such as Premarin and Provera) do not have the same molecular structure as the hormones produced by your body, and therefore can put you at risk for cardiovascular disease or certain cancers.

How is BHRT Administered?

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy can be prescribed as:

  • Prescribed oral pill
  • Cream or gel you rub into your skin 
  • Sublingual troche
  • An injection every one to three weeks
  • Subdermal pellets implanted under the skin once every three months

What Conditions Can BHRT Treat?

Various conditions can be treated with BHRT including:

  • Menopause
  • Estrogen Dominance
  • Menstrual Irregularities
  • Low Testosterone Levels
  • PCOS
  • Insomnia
  • Weight Gain (Despite Diet & Exercise)
  • Mood Changes


The benefits of BHRT are different from person to person, so your doctor needs to monitor your treatment carefully. It may take several months of hormone therapy before the beneficial effects begin.

Types of BHRT

Estrogen Replacement Therapy

We all know that as women age, there is a significant drop in estrogen levels. This causes symptoms such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness and irritation, mood swings, fatigue, low libido, and weight gain. There is also an increased risk of heart disease and osteoporosis. To combat these symptoms and risks, many doctors prescribe estrogen replacement therapy.

Estrogen replacement therapy provides low dosages via pills or patches, generally in pill form. The benefits of estrogen replacement therapy for women are great and include:

  • Decreased risk of heart disease
  • Less severe hot flashes vaginal dryness
  • Decreased vaginal dryness
  • Improved memory and concentration
  • Increased bone density


Estrogen Replacement Therapy should not be done without close medical supervision and regular hormone testing. While estrogen can stimulate cells that promote the growth of cancerous tumors, the risk of estrogen-related cancers can be markedly reduced by taking progesterone along with estrogen replacement. In fact, women who take both hormones actually have a decreased chance of heart attack as opposed to those not receiving any treatment at all. 

Progesterone Replacement Therapy

Many women suffer from a deficiency of progesterone or too much estrogen. This creates a picture called Estrogen Dominance with symptoms such as:

  • Heavy and irregular periods
  • Infertility
  • Abnormal weight gain
  • Endometriosis
  • Fibroids
  • PMS
  • Low sex drive
  • Anxiety
  • Headaches
  • Weight loss resistance


Causes of estrogen dominance include problems breaking down estrogen in the liver, high cortisol levels with insulin resistance, weight gain, toxic xenoestrogens such as BPA, long term use of hormone-based contraceptives.

Progesterone replacement therapy along with appropriate diet and detoxification of estrogen can help reduce symptoms of estrogen dominance. 

Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT)

Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) can help increase testosterone levels in many men who  suffer from low testosterone or andropause. If you have been experiencing certain symptoms of low testosterone such as those listed here, it’s time to test your sex hormones and get on a treatment plan.

  • Fatigue
  • Depression
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Loss of sex drive
  • Weight gain
  • Insomnia
  • Increase in body fat


A condition called “secondary hypogonadism” can develop as a result of another medical condition such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes or obesity. In these cases, TRT with testosterone alone may not correct both the physical symptoms and sexual problems caused by this secondary hypogonadism. In such cases, it is necessary to treat the cardiometabolic condition while also using testosterone replacement to help alleviate symptoms.

TRT is usually done with a gel or patch that is applied daily or as an injectable pellet therapy you receive in the office once every few months.

Thyroid Replacement Therapy

Your thyroid can become sluggish due to a number of factors:

  • Chronic infection
  • Chronic toxicity
  • Genetic variations
  • Lifestyle – nutrition and movement
  • Micronutrient deficiencies – iodine, selenium, vitamin D, B vitamins
  • Methylation problems


The intricacy of thyroid hormone balance is an interplay of various anatomy, not just your thyroid gland. Your brain, liver, kidneys, adrenals, blood proteins and muscles are all involved in activating thyroid hormone. Problems arise when:

  • The liver and kidneys can become overburdened from chronic infection and chronic toxicity.
  • A sedentary lifestyle leads to markedly reduced muscle activation and peristalsis in the gut.
  • Your immune system is overburdened causing your body to make antibodies not only to pathogens and toxins, but also to your own thyroid hormone.
  • Stressors can cause your adrenal glands to overproduce cortisol. This can cause some T4 to be converted to reverse T3 (rT3) which slows down metabolism. High rT3 levels indicate a stressed state. Low rT3 levels may indicate an over supplementation of T3 replacement, such as with Cytomel.


We use a combination of medications and treatments for thyroid replacement therapy, especially in cases of Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroiditis:

  • Detoxification strategies with IV therapy (such as ozone and chelation), infrared sauna, cupping therapy
  • Natural desiccated thyroid replacement such as Armour which is a combination of T4 and T3
  • Low dose naltrexone (LDN) to stimulate the immune system
  • Maximizing gut health and elimination with nutrition, supplementation, and abdominal acupuncture.

FAQs

What to expect at my appointment for BHRT?

How does BHRT Work?

What testing is used to prescribe BHRT?

What are the side effects of BHRT?

Who is a good candidate for BHRT?

How long does BHRT take before I feel better?

Does Meeting Point Health accept insurance?

How do I get started with Meeting Point Health?

Before you schedule a discovery call please be aware that Meeting Point Health does not accept insurance.