Peptides are short chains of amino acids — the signals your body already uses to tell cells what to do. Whether a peptide has a place in your care is decided after an exam and bloodwork. We treat what your labs show first, consider peptides second, and say so when nothing is indicated.
Takes about 30 seconds. We call you back within one business day.
Plain definitions
Your body makes hundreds of them. A peptide sits between an amino acid and a protein in size, and its job is usually to carry an instruction — telling one system to release something, slow down, or start repairing. Insulin is a peptide. So is the class of medication used in medical weight loss. The word describes the molecule, not what it will do for you.
That matters because "peptide" has become a marketing word. It gets attached to injectables sold online, to vials shipped without an examination, and to claims no one has to stand behind. Here it means one thing: a prescription molecule, chosen for a reason we can explain to you, and supervised by the same office that prescribed it. If you want to see where this sits in the bigger picture, start at our hormone therapy program in Boca Raton.
How the decision gets made
Almost everyone who asks us about peptides is describing something ordinary — flat energy, broken sleep, recovery that takes longer than it used to, weight that stopped moving. Those symptoms have common explanations far more often than exotic ones, and we go looking for the common ones first.
Symptoms, medical history, medications, supplements, and what you've already tried. If you arrived with a specific peptide in mind because you read about it, tell us — we'll give you a straight opinion rather than a brochure.
Drawn here in the office. Hormones where relevant, plus thyroid and basic metabolic markers, because those account for a great deal of what sends people searching for peptides in the first place.
We go through the numbers with you — a phone call or a visit here, whichever works for you — not a PDF landing in your inbox with a protocol attached. Dr. Stratt consults on your case and on what gets prescribed. Anything we recommend is quoted to you in writing at that point.
If something is indicated, we start it deliberately and set a date to look again. Treatment that isn't doing anything gets stopped rather than renewed quietly in the background.
Candidacy
Wanting to try something is a reason to have the conversation. It isn't, on its own, a reason to prescribe. Both of these lists get discussed openly at the consultation.
Usually a cluster of things rather than one symptom, and usually alongside a hormone or weight question.
We would rather turn a request down than supervise something we can't justify.
Straight answers
Patients ask us a lot about how we differ from what's sold online. Here's where we stand.
We don't recommend a specific peptide before we've seen you. What's appropriate depends on your history, your medications and your bloodwork, so we talk it through once your labs are back, on a call or at the office.
We don't ship to people we haven't examined. Everything is prescribed through licensed pharmacies and supervised from this office. Material sold online as research-only is not medicine, and we won't oversee its use.
We don't promise an outcome. No number, no timeline, no before-and-after story. What we'll commit to is telling you honestly whether we think something will help, and telling you when we think it won't.
LifeBoost is self-pay, so there's no insurance authorisation to chase and no bill arriving weeks later. Patients travel in from Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Deerfield Beach, and see the same small team at the same Boca Raton office each time.
Who you'll see
You'll know which provider you're booked with before you arrive, and your case stays with the same team from consultation through review.
Related care
If your main concern is testosterone, menopause or weight, we can start there — and cover peptides at the same visit.
Before you call
A peptide is a short chain of amino acids — smaller than a protein, and used by the body as a signal that carries an instruction from one place to another. Peptide therapy means prescribing one of these molecules deliberately, under medical supervision, for a reason your evaluation supports. It is a prescription treatment, not a supplement.
We do not publish a list, because the honest answer before we have seen you is that we do not know yet. What is appropriate — if anything is — depends on your history, your medications and your bloodwork. Bring the name of anything you have read about and we will tell you plainly what we think of it.
No. If your labs show a hormone deficiency, that is what we treat, and we treat it directly. Peptides are considered alongside hormone care rather than in place of it. Anyone offering peptides as a way around bloodwork is selling convenience, not medicine.
Yes. Fatigue, poor sleep, slow recovery and stalled weight usually have ordinary explanations — thyroid disease, iron deficiency, untreated sleep problems, medication effects — and we look for those first. Labs come back, we walk you through them — over the phone or here at the office — and only then do we discuss whether anything is indicated.
LifeBoost is a self-pay practice, so there is no insurance authorisation to wait on. You get your price in writing at the results visit, once we know what is actually being recommended and before you commit to anything.
This page is for general information and is not medical advice. Whether any treatment is appropriate for you is determined after evaluation and, where indicated, laboratory testing.
Boca Raton · Serving Delray Beach, Boynton Beach & Deerfield Beach
Call the office and speak to someone here, or send your details and we'll call you back within one business day.
We'll confirm by phone or text.
