Progesterone, Testosterone & HRT Questions You’re Afraid to Ask

Dr. Brendan McCarthy

Welcome to the podcast! In this deeply personal Q&A episode, Dr. Brendan McCarthy—Chief Medical Officer at Protea Medical Center—responds to your most powerful and vulnerable questions about hormone replacement therapy, including:

- Why some women reverse-respond to progesterone

- What to do when testosterone creams trigger migraines

- How to safely navigate HRT with MTHFR or methylation issues

- The emotional toll of being dismissed by doctors

- Why libido and vitality matter at every age

- How to advocate for yourself in a broken healthcare system

This episode is about more than medicine—it's about being seen, finding hope, and reclaiming the quality of life you deserve.

Dr. Brendan McCarthy founded Protea Medical Center in 2002. While he’s been the chief medical officer, Protea has grown and evolved into a dynamic medical center serving the Valley and Central Arizona. A nationally recognized as an expert in hormone replacement therapy, Dr McCarthy s the only instructor in the nation who teaches BioHRT on live patients. Physicians travel to Arizona to take his course and integrate it into their own practices. Besides hormone replacement therapy, Dr. McCarthy has spoken nationally and locally before physicians on topics such as weight loss, infertility, nutritional therapy and more.

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