Peptide therapy in Mission Viejo
NAD+, Ipamorelin and our GLOW blend, prescribed and monitored by a licensed provider. Your free consultation covers which protocol fits, and whether peptides are the right answer at all.
Medically reviewed by Lindsay Short, NP-BC, Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner · last reviewed September 2026
What peptide therapy costs here
Priced per injection. Most patients self-administer at home after a short demonstration at the first visit, so the cost is the medication rather than a series of appointments.
- NAD+ injection
- Ipamorelin injection
- GLOW blend
- Lipotropic injection
- Multi-injection packages
Peptides are prescription medications. Every protocol starts with a consultation, includes testing where it is clinically warranted, and is monitored rather than simply dispensed.
Peptides are quoted per injection, with package pricing once a protocol is settled. We start one protocol at a time rather than selling a stack.
- Quoted in writing before anything starts. You hear the full figure at your consultation, not after treatment and not on the day.
- The consultation is free, with no obligation to book and no charge if you decide against it.
- We do not bill insurance. No prior authorization, no coverage denial part-way through, and no treatment decision made by a plan rather than by your clinician.
- Cherry and CareCredit financing are available, and membership pricing is lower than standard rates.
What we prescribe, and what we will not
Peptide therapy is an area where a lot is sold that should not be, so it is worth being explicit about both halves.
What we prescribe
NAD+ for energy and mental clarity. Ipamorelin for recovery, sleep quality and body composition. Our GLOW blend for skin, hair and connective tissue. Lipotropic injections alongside a weight management plan.
What we do not
We do not offer Sermorelin. We do not offer BPC-157 or TB-500, which are widely discussed in recovery forums and which we are not willing to be relaxed about while the regulatory position remains unsettled.
If you have read about a peptide we do not carry, ask. You will get a straight answer about why rather than a substitution.
Which peptide for which goal
| NAD+ | Ipamorelin | GLOW blend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most used for | Energy, mental clarity, focus | Recovery, sleep, body composition | Skin quality, hair, connective tissue |
| How it works | A coenzyme in cellular energy and DNA repair | Stimulates your own growth hormone release | A blend supporting tissue repair |
| Typically noticed | 2 to 3 weeks | 3 to 6 weeks for sleep, longer for composition | 8 to 12 weeks |
| Administration | Subcutaneous injection | Subcutaneous injection | Subcutaneous injection |
The evidence base for peptides is genuinely earlier than for hormone therapy or GLP-1 medications. We will describe what is established and what is promising as two different things, because the marketing around this category routinely does not.
What happens at your first visit
A conversation about symptoms, not products
Fatigue, poor sleep, slow recovery, low mood. Most people arrive naming a peptide they read about; the useful question is what you are actually trying to change.
Testing where it is warranted
Fatigue is the symptom of a great many things, thyroid disease, anemia, sleep apnea, low testosterone. Prescribing a peptide for it without looking is not medicine, and sometimes the panel points somewhere else entirely.
A protocol and a written price
Which peptide, what dose, how often, and what the course costs. Including when the answer is that peptides are not the right route for what you described.
A five-minute injection demonstration
Most patients self-administer at home. We show you how, and you leave with the technique, the schedule and a number to call if anything looks wrong.
Injecting at home, and doing it properly
Most patients self-administer, which is what keeps the cost to the medication rather than a series of appointments. It is a five-minute demonstration at the first visit and it is genuinely straightforward, but a few things matter enough to put in writing.
Rotate the site
Subcutaneous means into the fat layer, usually the abdomen a couple of inches from the navel, or the outer thigh. Move a few centimeters each time rather than using the same spot, which prevents the tissue hardening over weeks.
Storage is not optional
Reconstituted peptides are refrigerated and have a limited life once mixed. We tell you the window for your specific protocol, and a peptide left out overnight is discarded rather than used.
Keep the schedule boring
Same days, same time where you can. Peptides work on signaling rhythms, and an erratic schedule is the most common reason a protocol underperforms with no other explanation.
Tell us what changes, including nothing
Sleep, energy, recovery, appetite, injection-site reactions. If nothing has shifted by week eight that is information, and the right response is to stop and reconsider rather than continue on hope.
What the evidence actually supports
Peptides sit in a genuinely earlier stage of evidence than hormone therapy or GLP-1 medications, and the marketing around them rarely says so. Here is the honest division.
Reasonably supported: Ipamorelin stimulating growth hormone release is well characterized pharmacologically, and patients consistently report better sleep quality within the first month. Sleep is also the most reliable thing to measure, because you notice it without needing a test.
Promising but early: NAD+ for energy and mental clarity. The biology is sound, decline with age is documented, and patient reports are consistent, but the controlled human data is thinner than the enthusiasm around it. We will describe it that way rather than as an anti-aging breakthrough.
What we will not claim: that peptides reverse aging, replace training, or produce weight loss on their own. If a clinic tells you otherwise, that is a sales position rather than a clinical one.
Who this is for, and who it is not
People training hard and recovering slowly. People whose main complaint is energy rather than weight. People sleeping badly without an obvious cause. Often people already on hormone therapy who want to address recovery alongside it.
Who it is not for
Peptides are not a weight loss treatment and we will not sell them as one. If weight is the primary goal, medical weight loss is the honest answer.
If your fatigue has an untreated cause, a thyroid problem, anemia, sleep apnea, the right move is to treat that first. Peptides layered on top of an undiagnosed condition waste your money and delay the thing that would actually help.
Prescribed and monitored, not dispensed
- Who treats you
- Lindsay Short, NP-BC, every visit
- Credential
- Board-certified nurse practitioner
- Consultation
- Free, no obligation
- Administration
- Subcutaneous, mostly self-administered at home
These are prescription medications sold in a market where a great deal is shipped without a clinician ever being involved. The distinction is not marketing: it is testing before prescribing, monitoring afterwards, and a named provider who will tell you to stop when something is not working.
Book your free consultationOne protocol at a time
The common approach in this space is a stack, four or five peptides started together, marketed as a comprehensive protocol. We do not work that way, for a reason that is practical rather than philosophical.
If you start five things at once and feel better, you have learned nothing about which one did it, and you are now paying for five. If you feel worse or react to something, you have no way to identify which. Either way the next decision is a guess, and guesses in this category get expensive quickly because peptides are not cheap and are rarely covered.
Started one at a time with a defined window to assess it, each addition tells you something. We add a second only once the first has earned its place, and we stop things that have not. Over a year that usually produces a shorter, cheaper protocol than the stack, made of the things that actually work for you.
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24002 Via Fabricante, Suite 201, Mission Viejo
Centrally located in Orange County. Easy parking, friendly front desk, and a comfortable waiting space designed for genuine conversation about your goals.
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Sunday: Closed
Answers before you book
How much does peptide therapy cost?
NAD+ at 100mg, Ipamorelin at 200mcg and our GLOW blend are quoted per injection, with lipotropic injections the least expensive. Multi-injection packages are quoted at consultation once the protocol is set. The consultation itself is free.
Do you offer Sermorelin?
No. We prescribe Ipamorelin, NAD+ and our GLOW blend. Sermorelin is not part of what we offer, and we would rather say that plainly than let you arrive expecting it.
Do you offer BPC-157 or TB-500?
No. Both are widely discussed in recovery forums and neither is something we prescribe. The regulatory position on compounding them is not settled, and we are not willing to be relaxed about that with a patient.
What does NAD+ actually do?
NAD+ is a coenzyme involved in cellular energy production and DNA repair, and levels decline with age. Patients most often report better energy and mental clarity. The honest framing is that the human evidence is early and promising rather than settled, and we will describe it that way rather than as an anti-aging breakthrough.
What is Ipamorelin for?
It stimulates your own growth hormone release rather than replacing it. Patients typically use it for recovery, sleep quality and body composition alongside training. It is selective, which is why it is generally better tolerated than older secretagogues.
Are these injections or IV drips?
These are subcutaneous injections. Most patients self-administer at home after we show them how, which is a five-minute demonstration at the first visit.
How quickly will I notice anything?
Sleep and energy changes are usually the first thing, often within two to three weeks. Recovery and body composition changes take longer, commonly six to twelve weeks. If nothing has shifted by week eight we would rather stop and reconsider than keep prescribing.
Is peptide therapy a weight loss treatment?
No. Peptides can support body composition alongside training and a managed plan, but they are not a weight loss protocol and we will not sell them as one. If weight is the primary goal, medical weight loss is the honest route.
Do I need blood work first?
Every protocol starts with a consultation and testing where it is clinically warranted, and everything is monitored. Peptides are prescription medications, not supplements, and they are treated that way here.
Start with a conversation, not a protocol
A free consultation with a licensed provider, an honest read on what peptides can and cannot do for what you are describing, and a written price. No obligation to start.