Hormone Replacement Therapy For Women and Men’s Health
Hormones are important for:
- Good health, energy, youthfulness, libido, sleep, strength, and overall wellness.
- As we age, our natural hormone production decreases, which can cause imbalances that can negatively impact our quality of life.
What is Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy ( HRT)?
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) replenishes the levels of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone that decline and fluctuate with age.
- Supplementing these hormones help to reduce the symptoms of hormone deficiency and prevent the development of long-term diseases that can result from hormone deficiencies.
- The goal of HRT is to help your body maintain healthy and balanced hormone levels. All of the hormones are plant-based and bioidentical, meaning they are functionally identical to those produced naturally in your body.
Hormonal Imbalance in Men
Men Hormone Options:
Testosterone: Injections, Pills, Troches, Capsules & Pellets
- Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) can come in the form of injections, creams, troches, and capsules.
- Testosterone is what makes a man a man. It’s what builds muscle, puts hair on his body, and is the primary driver behind male sex drive. When testosterone levels start to go down, men can notice some symptoms that can be negatively impactful to his life. Injury, obesity, stress, illness, and disease can all contribute to lower testosterone in men. Previous misuses of testosterone can also contribute to a decline in testosterone.
- After age 30, men will see a natural decline in testosterone levels due to aging. However, you can’t write off these symptoms as “aging” or just getting old.
- The symptoms of low testosterone can impact a man’s life in many different ways which can cause both mental and physical changes.
- Testosterone is a vital component for men’s health and well being.
What Are The Symptoms of Low Testosterone Level in Men?
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Decrease Libido
- Decrease Sexual Stamina
- Increase Weight Gain
- Feeling Tired and Fatigue
- Brain Fog
- Loss of muscle mass
What Can I Expect?
The full benefits of testosterone replacement therapy are not typically reached until at least 3- 6 months of treatment. Many guys report noticeable differences within a short time of starting treatment. Testosterone helps men look and feel better about themselves.
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- Improved Sexual Health
- Improved Recovery and Athletic performance
- Increased Lean Muscle Mass
- Break Past Athletic Plateaus.
- Increased Strength
- Boost in Energy and Mood
- Improve Motivation
- Improve work performance due to increase in energy and mental clarity
How Do I Get Started?
- Book a consultation with our medical provider. In spa or virtual ($25)
- Complete Symptom Checklist/ Health History Forms
- Schedule Lab Work In Spa
- If you qualify for TRT, a prescription will be ordered, and medication will be delivered to your home.
- Testosterone levels are rechecked every 3 months while on this medication. Testosterone therapy is a long term treatment to restore and stabilize your testosterone levels to function your best.
Hormonal Imbalance in Women
What causes hormone imbalance in Women?
- Hormone imbalance in women occurs as part of the aging process. Hormone balance can also be affected by the foods we eat, the exercise we get, and the amount of stress we experience.
- A woman’s hormones do much more than just regulate mood and sexual function, hormone imbalances can lead to elevated blood sugar, decreased bone density, and thyroid problems.
What Are The Symptoms of Low Hormone Level In Women?
When hormone imbalance in their endocrine system happens, you can develop a range of symptoms. Symptoms of a hormonal imbalance in women may include:
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- Heavy, irregular, or uncomfortable periods
- Hot flashes and night sweats
- Vaginal dryness
- Low Libido
- Indigestion
- Mood swings
- Anxiety
- Extreme fatigue
- Decreased bone density
Women Hormone Options:
Injections, Pills, Troches, Capsules & Pellets
Most common hormone replaced in women are:
Estrogen
- Estradiol is the estrogen hormone that makes a woman look like a woman and dominates the reproductive system.
- When estradiol depletion happens, a woman suffers with deterioration of physical, mental, and emotional health that accompanies hormonal decline.
- Typically, a woman’s estradiol level starts to decline in her 40’s, and is almost undetectable by her early 50’s.
- Estradiol replacement therapy relieves symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, brain fog, moodiness, depression, vaginal dryness, painful intercourse, low libido, dry skin, and headaches. Health benefits from estradiol supplementation include a decreased risk of cardiac disease and stroke, dementia, diabetes, and loss of bone density leading to osteoporosis.
Testosterone
- Testosterone is a vital hormone in women and affects almost all female body tissues, including breast, heart,ovaries, endocrine glands, vaginal tissue, and fatty tissue to name a few.
- Low testosterone in women will often present as increased abdominal fat, hair loss, fatigue, brain fog, loss of sex drive, reduced orgasm, anxiety, irritability, depression, headaches, and general lack of well-being.
We Offer:
1. Hormone Creams for Both Men and Women
Hormone Creams may include a number of bio-identical hormones and are customizable to what you need based on your lab work results. When applied regularly, creams may provide a fairly consistent release of hormones.
2. Hormone Pills for Both Men and Women
Hormone pills are customized and compounded by our pharmacy specific to your needs based on symptoms and lab results. We can compound single hormones or a combination of hormones such as Estradiol, Progesterone, and Testosterone.
3. Hormone Injections for Both Men and Women
Typically involve weekly injections either administered here in our office or at home. Injections of hormones flow directly into the bloodstream, so they are an efficient means of delivery.
4. Hormone Pellets for Both Men and Women
Hormone Pellets are about the size of a grain of rice and are made up of bioidentical hormones that have been pressed or fused into very small solid cylinders, which provide sustained hormone levels throughout the day and may last for approximately 3 to 6 months. As a result, they eliminate the fluctuations that can occur with other delivery methods. This delivery method most closely mimics the actions of the body’s natural hormone release. Pellet insertion is quick, and virtually painless. A small area between the buttock and hip is sterilized and numbing cream is injected just under the skin. This incision is so tiny that we place steristrips over the incision, which falls off within a few days.
SUPPLEMENTS
DHEA for Women:
- DHEA is a hormone that is naturally made by the body, and works to make both male and female sex hormones within the body, specifically testosterone. While it may seem like women don’t need testosterone, it’s imperative they have it.
- Our DHEA supplements may increase the levels of testosterone for women just enough to slow the signs of aging, improve muscle strength, increase metabolism, boost bone strength, help with thinning vaginal tissue, and even enhance memory.
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