Why Female Hormone Therapy?
Standard HRT protocols involving synthetic hormones cause more problems than they are worth. Many women diagnosed with depression, low sex drive, weight gain, hot flashes and many menopausal symptoms do better with Bioidentical hormone therapy instead.
Perimenopause/Menopause
Natural hormone replacement works exceedingly well for many women and bioidentical hormones are produced in a manner that are exactly like the same hormones present in your body. A hormone therapy program is tailored to your own body to address the symptoms of a hormone imbalance or deficiency.
Bioidentical hormone therapy, otherwise known as "natural hormone replacement therapy", is safe, effective and tend to have less side effects than that caused by synthetic hormones. Synthetic hormones like Premarin™, Prempro™, Provera™ and Estratab™ are not bio-identical compared to human hormones. For example, Premarin™ is from a pregnant mare's urine and contains hormones found only in horses, it is therefore not natural or identical to the human body.
Benefits of Bioidentical Hormones:
- The great appeal of Bioidentical Hormones is that they are natural and our bodies can better metabolize them as it was designed to do, minimizing side effects
- On the other hand, Synthetic horse-derived hormones are chemically altered compounds that are quite strong, are not identical to the human body and often produce side effects
- The natural, compounded bio-identical hormone medications can be matched individually to each woman's needs — something that's impossible with mass-produced synthetic hormones