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“We get this recurring story of, ‘You’ve changed my life. I feel like me again,’” said Ann Marie Catania, nurse practitioner and co-founder of the Anti Aging & Ketamine Center.
Catania and her business partner, Melina Magistri, are both experienced nurse practitioners who spent years working in traditional healthcare settings. Repeatedly, they saw patients—especially women—suffering from the effects of menopause and other age-related hormonal imbalances. These patients would confide in their primary care physicians about their symptoms, such as low libido and hot flashes, only to be told it was “normal for their age.” That frustration and compassion for their patients led them to open the Anti Aging & Ketamine Center in June 2022, with one goal: to help people feel like themselves again.
That mission comes to life in stories like these. One 55-year-old woman came to the center as a referral feeling defeated after dealing with weight gain, depression, anxiety, joint pain, and night sweats and hair loss. She had been dismissed by her primary care doctor. Six weeks after starting her hormone pellet therapy, she returned for a follow up. Magistri said the patient told her “I feel like a whole new person. I’m sleeping better. I am more connected with my husband, and I can’t believe I didn’t do this sooner.”
A peri-menopausal patient, aged 49, had brain fog, irritability, autoimmune issues and heavy and irregular menstrual cycles. Eight to 10 weeks after beginning a treatment plan of an estrogen patch, oral progesterone, and topical testosterone, the patient reported that her symptoms had greatly improved.
“Men and women deserve more than a shrug and a prescription,” Magistri said. “They deserve answers and a plan that truly works for them.”
At the Anti-Aging and Ketamine Center, patients receive personalized protocols built from advanced diagnostics as well as patients’ symptoms. It’s all based on a holistic approach to hormone replacement therapy.
“Everything is interconnected — hormones, weight, mental health, gut health. It’s all connected” Magistri said. “We treat the whole person.”
For women in particular, their perimenopause and menopause symptoms can vary widely.
“We’re actually learning more and more about what kind of symptoms are linked to hormones and such, including things like joint issues and hair loss,” Magistri explained.
The prescribed therapies depend on the patient. The Anti Aging & Ketamine Center focuses on hormone pellet therapy, but it also offers topical and oral treatments, in addition to patches and creams. “Every treatment plan is unique because every person’s health story is unique,” said Magistri.
The center’s hormone replacement therapy patients are primarily perimenopausal and menopausal women in their 40s to 60s and men in their mid-30s and up who want to preserve their virility. But Magistri and Catania also see older patients looking to have more vitality and longevity and to live a healthier, better life.
“What drives us to do what we do is seeing people regaining energy, confidence, and the pure joy that they have once everything is back in balance,” Magistri said. “It’s rewarding.”
If you’re ready to reclaim the real you, schedule your hormone optimization assessment today at the Anti Aging & Ketamine Center.
