Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
For Women
Are your hormones out of balance?
Hormones affect many areas of your health, including your metabolism, your mood, and your sexual and reproductive systems. If your hormones become unbalanced, whether due to menopause or other factors, you may end up feeling like a stranger in your own skin. However, compounded hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a way to restore balance and help you feel like yourself again.
Hormone therapy designed specifically for you
HRT is most often prescribed to ease the symptoms of menopause, but it also can be used to treat a variety of conditions that women of all ages may experience, including:
- Pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Irregular menstrual cycle
- Vaginal dryness
- Moodiness
- Infertility
- Post-partum depression
- Weight gain
- Endometriosis
- Fibrocystic breasts
- Sleep disturbances
- Hot flashes
- Night sweats
- Decreased libido
- Painful sexual intercourse
These conditions affect millions of women. As the number of women seeking hormone-related treatment has grown, so has the mass production of pills, patches, and creams by the drug industry. However, everyone’s body is different with its own unique needs, but commercially manufactured products tend to be “one-size-fits-all,” and do not always account for the differences between individuals.
No two bodies are alike and compounding pharmacists understand this fact.
Working closely with you and your healthcare provider, our compounding team can help you start and maintain a hormone replacement regimen that brings your hormones back into balance and closely mimics the biological processes of the body. With a healthcare provider’s prescription, the pharmacist can prepare hormones in a variety of strengths and dosage forms, including:
- Capsules
- Topical or vaginal creams, gels, and foams
- Suppositories
- Sublingual drops or troches
Once the therapy is begun, the pharmacist will continue to work with you and your prescriber to make sure the HRT is working correctly, adjusting the dosage if necessary, and ensuring that the medication is just right for your body.
For Men
Your compounding pharmacist can tell you that hormone replacement therapy isn’t just for women – many men can benefit from it too! Recent research has identified a number of common physical and emotional symptoms experienced by men as they age, including:
- Decreased libido, muscle mass, strength, and stamina
- Impotence
- Osteoporosis
- Heart disease
- Sleep disorders
- Depression
- Anxiety
Termed “andropause” or “male menopause,” these symptoms are related to decreasing levels of testosterone or increasing levels of estrogen.
Your natural balance may be restored through supplementation of the hormone testosterone, which has been shown to relieve the symptoms of andropause. Of course, not all men are the same – different men need different amounts of testosterone to help address their individual symptoms. The value of hormone replacement through pharmacy compounding is its ability to fit your unique body and hormone levels, resulting in better accuracy and a healthier balance.
Ask your healthcare provider or our pharmacist about compounded medications to meet your needs today.