CLEVELAND -- Complaints about headaches and hot flashes are leading some women to a remedy with a sexy side effect.

NewsChannel5 health team reporter Alicia Booth reported that while their headaches and hot flashes disappeared, their sex drive reappeared.

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'Passion Pellets' Help Horomones, Sex Drive

"What I hear from most women in here is I literally like my husband again," said a hair stylist.

Passionate about her work, the pharmaceutical representative discovered the secret. Now she's much more passionate with her husband.

"That's the question everybody always likes to ask, so I asked my husband. I said they're going to want to know if I chase you around the room," she said.

The 33-year-old mother of two is in on the secret and is ready to tell all.

"With libido it definitely ... (laughs) ... both mentally and physically," she said.

Dr. Kathy Maupin is one of 20 percent of women who don't get relief from traditional hormone replacement. She finally found her answer in a bottle.

"This is a testosterone pellet, that's the size," Maupin said.

She treats herself and her patients with pellets, dosing a one-two punch of tiny estrogen pellets for menopause symptoms and testosterone pellets boosting low libido.

"And when I got my hormones in line, balanced, then I started working out again. I felt good. I started having a much better relationship with my husband," Maupin said.

Here's how pellet therapy works. It only takes about five minutes. The injection site is numbed and sterilized. The pellets are injected directly into the fatty area of the hip.

They're loaded into a device and pushed into the fat. Over time the pellets slowly dissolve directly into the bloodstream.

Laurie's testosterone level was almost zero. Pellets brought it back to the normal range.

"So, do you chase your husband around now?" Booth asked.

"No, not quite. But he's a lot happier," Laurie said.

Booth said this is not about sex. It is really all about hormone replacement therapy.

When hormones are in balance, it reduces your stress and helps your body feel better so you can sleep and get along better with your husband. Everything else just comes naturally from there. Booth said to always talk with your doctor about the best hormone replacement for you.