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Hormone Replacement Therapy
Hormone replacement therapy is the most often used for menopause. Typical symptoms of menopause may include hot flashes, vaginal dryness, low libido, weight gain, irritability, moodiness and sleep disturbances. Yet any woman who has experienced endometriosis, PMS, weight gain, low libido or fibrocystic breasts may also need to contact their pharmacist or physician. Women, who used traditional HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, used synthetic estrogen therapy to treat menopausal symptoms and to help protect against osteoporosis.
Hormone balance leads to optimal health. Women who want to feel their best, vibrant, energetic, clear-headed and peaceful, should think first about eating a healthy diet, getting plenty of exercise, and getting enough sleep. Right behind those first considerations is hormone balance. Hormone balance begins with lifestyle choices. (A wholesome diet, plenty of exercises, stress management, quality sleep.) Another option for women needing hormone replacement therapy may be the use of bio-identical hormones rather than synthetic ones. Compounding pharmacists are meeting the needs of peri-menopausal and menopausal women through the use of plant derived hormones that are biologically identical to those naturally occurring in women.
How do our hormones get out of balance?
Hormones, naturally produced in our bodies, are wondrous chemical messengers that affect our brain, heart, bones, muscles, and reproductive organs and are an essential part of the workings of every cell in the human body. Hormones work best when balanced. But stress, poor food choices, inadequate sleep, synthetic hormones, and sedentary lifestyles can throw hormones out of balance and create health problems. Restoring hormone balance, using hormone replacement therapy, can be the key to feeling our best and alleviating health problems. In the reproductive years, a woman’s natural estrogen and progesterone levels fluctuate regularly as part of the normal menstrual cycle. During perimenopause (the period before menopause, generally in a woman’s late thirties and early forties) the natural hormone fluctuations become more uneven and the ovaries gradually produce less estrogen and progesterone until she reaches menopause. Menopause is a technical term that defines the point of your last menstrual period after a year of not having any. The average age for menopause in the United States is 51.
No tow women are alike, of course, and the value of bio-identical HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY is that it can be adapted to fit your individual body and hormone levels. In fact, hormones can be made in a variety of strengths and dosage forms. With the help of a doctor and a compounding pharmacist, a woman can start and maintain a bio-identical hormone replacement therapy that closely mimics what her body has been doing naturally for years. Still, not all women are the same, and commercially manufactured products do not always account for the unique differences between individuals, though: BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY designed specifically for your body.
