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Andrew Huberman · 2025-11-24

Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body

Andrew Huberman

“I have a new book coming out. It's my very first book. It's entitled Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body.”— Andrew Huberman
ProductBy the guest

OVII (Ovii hormone/PCOS quiz platform)

Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

“I actually developed a calculator it's called it's a platform called OV women can go on it... it's my algorithm that I've developed over the past 25 years”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductBy the guest

OVII PCOS Supplement

Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

“the OV supplement I created, I literally did it here. Diagnose yourself and if you're being dismissed, start with the supplement.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
MediaBy the guest

She MD (podcast)

Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

“That's why I called my um podcast she MD. Strong, healthy, empowered.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

ProductReferenced

Metformin

(generic, inferred)

“that's why a lot of PCOS patients get prescribed metformin... Metformin basically makes us more insulin sensitive.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Berberine

(supplement, inferred)

“an over-the-counter version called bourberine which I believe comes from a tree bark um which is supposed to be a pretty potent glucose scavenger”— Andrew Huberman
ProductReferenced

Inositol

(supplement, inferred)

“I like to start them on supplements that has inactol in it and sub vitamin D... different forms of anacettol that work um to uh to increase sensitivity to insulin”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Trulicity (dulaglutide)

Eli Lilly (inferred)

“in 2014 back then I had trulicity as GLP1 and that's what I used to use for my PCOS patients and they would lose 50 60 80 100 pounds”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Ozempic (semaglutide)

Novo Nordisk (inferred)

“The first thing I asked is can he tolerate micro doing of ompic because it shuts down their cravings”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Letrozole

(generic, inferred)

“One is a medication called let and the other one is Clomid. Both of those basically um regulate that hypothalamus pituitary ovarian axis”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Clomid (clomiphene)

(generic, inferred)

“the other one is Clomid. Both of those basically um regulate that hypothalamus pituitary ovarian axis and pushes these patients to ovulate.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Slynd (drospirenone progestin-only pill)

Exeltis (inferred)

“there's a progesterone only birth control pill now called slend that helps with um it's very anti-androgenic that I try for PCOS patients”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Mirena IUD (levonorgestrel)

Bayer (inferred)

“a proesterine IUD like Kylina or Merina IUD. Morina IUD is the most common progesterone IUD used in this country.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Kyleena IUD (levonorgestrel)

Bayer (inferred)

“for young girls who haven't had children I tend to go with the smaller IUD... I love the Kylina IUD and I'm not advertising for it I'm just saying it because it really works”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Orilissa (elagolix)

AbbVie (inferred)

“we have u G&R antagonist. I don't know if you've heard of these pills or Alyssa or my famry.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Myfembree (relugolix combination)

Myovant/Pfizer (inferred)

“we have u G&R antagonist. I don't know if you've heard of these pills or Alyssa or my famry.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Accutane (isotretinoin)

(generic, inferred)

“she has acne, she's on spirolactone, she takes Accutane, these are criteria. She meets the criteria of PCOS.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Spironolactone

(generic, inferred)

“if you're twer than 25 and you're struggling with acne and you come to my office and you're asking for sperolactone and Accutane, something's not right.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Tamoxifen

(generic, inferred)

“asking their doctor for a medication called temoxifen... that reduces the risk of breast cancer by 50% in the next 10 years”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Lovenox (enoxaparin)

Sanofi (inferred)

“you can give them blood thinners like Lovenox in pregnancy and it'll help uh bring that flow.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Prozac (fluoxetine)

(generic, inferred)

“you can prescribe 20 milligrams of Prozac 10 to 14 days before their period.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Zoloft (sertraline)

(generic, inferred)

“You can also treat them with 25 milligrams of Zoloft. For some reason, their brain responds really well to this pulsatile treatment”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Yaz (drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol)

Bayer (inferred)

“there's one form of birth control. Yas, I don't usually go to it. It helps with the symptoms of PMDD”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Minoxidil (oral / Rogaine)

(generic / Rogaine, inferred)

“I usually treat these patients with minoxidil. You can either do like ro gain on your scalp or you can take oral minoxidil.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)

(supplement, inferred)

“I've seen a few papers um that suggest that co-enzyme Q10 and Lcarnitine might be beneficial for egg quality.”— Andrew Huberman
ProductReferenced

L-carnitine

(supplement, inferred)

“co-enzyme Q10 and Lcarnitine might be beneficial for egg quality.”— Andrew Huberman
ProductReferenced

Vitamin D

(supplement, inferred)

“Did you know that low vitamin D makes you insulin resistant?”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Curcumin

(supplement, inferred)

“like you mentioned vitamin D uh curcumin uh chromium uh um anacettol there's so many things we can do to increase that insulin sensitivity”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Chromium

(supplement, inferred)

“vitamin D uh curcumin uh chromium uh um anacettol there's so many things we can do to increase that insulin sensitivity”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
ProductReferenced

Myriad Genetics cancer testing

Myriad Genetics

“The company I use in my office, I've used for I don't know over 10 years, is Marriott... Marriott only checks 63 genes which is fine.”— Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi