Hormones work together and balance each other to make you feel well. When one or more hormones begin to change, they can throw off the entire system and cause hormone imbalance. Hormone imbalance can be tested and treated with careful hormone replacement or hormone therapy.
By employing Bioidentical Hormone Replacement, normal hormone levels can be quickly achieved in the blood, helping to remedy any problems you may be currently experiencing. Common hormones that are measured include estrogen, progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, cortisol and thyroid. Conditions that we treat include premenstrual syndrome, polycystic ovaries, menopause, andropause, adrenal fatigue and hypothyroidism. These are conditions that affect both men and women of all ages.
Hormone therapy works by replacing the hormones your body needs to function, and that can help to change the way you feel from day-to-day. We use the smallest amount possible of bioidentical hormones to lessen symptoms and improve well-being. We follow-up your therapy with testing to ensure that you are getting the amount of hormones you need.
Our unique testing procedure will help you decide if Bioidentical Hormone Replacement is right for you. Generally speaking, if you have a hormone deficiency and symptoms, you’re a good candidate for this procedure. Men come in saying they feel excessively fatigued, weaker, depressed, and that they have lost their sex drive and muscle mass — all common symptoms of low testosterone or Low T.
Please contact us for a free consultation. We can discuss your symptoms and how our bioidentical hormone therapy program works. Our Bioidentical Hormone doctors can prescribe an individualized treatment plan for you
Treatment is an ongoing process in nearly all cases, but we’ll design a customized plan to meet your individual needs. We will have the Bioidentical hormones you need compounded at a pharmacy. This is probably a life long process and many of these hormones have anti-aging properties.
Millions of women’s lives are disrupted by hormonal changes. They cause alterations of the mind and body that make life difficult and unpleasant. The good thing is that there is now easy and effective testing and treatment for female hormone imbalance.
Menopause isn’t just caused by a lack of estrogen, but by a bigger decrease in progesterone causing estrogen dominance. It is the estrogen dominance that causes the troubling symptoms of menopause.
Women depend on the balance of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone for optimal health. Estrogen is produced by the ovaries and functions to develop female sex traits, breast growth, growth of the egg and endometrial lining. Progesterone functions to mature the egg and endometrial lining as well as to modulate the effects of estrogen throughout the body. Testosterone boosts both libido and energy, maintains muscle mass, strengthens bone and ensures the nipples and clitoris are sensitive to sexual pleasure.
These hormones circulate in the blood bound to proteins. Only their free forms are active. Blood tests cannot measure the free hormone levels. Salivary testing allows for the measurement of the free hormone levels that the tissues see. Salivary testing also allows us to look at multiple hormone levels at once.
Armed with our salivary testing results, we can make intelligent decisions on balancing the hormone levels. Younger women experiencing PMS usually have normal to elevated estrogen levels and benefit from just progesterone supplementation. Menopausal women suffer declines in both estrogen and progesterone and require careful replacement and balancing of both
Yes, when used in the proper form and dosage. The old way of hormone replacement was with high doses of synthetic oral hormones. These medications over stimulated hormone receptors and suppressed natural hormone production. They lead to higher risks of cancer and heart disease. There was no direct measurement of hormone levels nor balancing of their dosages.
Bioidentical hormone replacement utilizes natural compounds that are identical to the body’s hormones. They are applied transdermally (creams) to avoid any metabolism in the liver. We directly measure their levels and only replace what is deficient. We strive to balance their levels with each other.
Contact us for a free consultation with our qualified medical professionals to discuss bioidentical hormone therapy. We offer salivary testing and replacement with compounded hormone creams, expertly tailored to your individualized needs.
There has been a great deal of interest recently in low testosterone in men. Low T is a real problem that affects millions of men. It used to be written off as just getting ‘older’,’ or ‘winding down.’ It was pretty much ignored until recently. Everyone is familiar with the female hormone decline menopause, but not the male hormone decline, andropause. We now know that male testosterone levels begin to decrease in the 30s (1% per year)! We also know that these low testosterone levels can be boosted to more youthful levels. The good news is that the word is out about low testosterone and it is easy to test and treat!
So we can see there is many common symptoms between these conditions. What they share is not an excess of estrogen but an imbalance between estrogen and progesterone. Treating this estrogen dominance can resolve many of these PMS and menopause symptoms.