Hormone Therapy, Hormonal Replacement Therapy, Bioidentical Natural Hormone Therapy

Hormone therapy, aka hormonal replacement therapy, means taking hormones for the purpose of medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists is also referred to as hormonal therapy.

Hormone therapy has a broad range of applications, it’s not just for health issues associated menopause. Hormones, and their antagonists, are also used to treat:

Bioidentical, or natural, hormone therapy means treatment with hormones that have the same chemical formula as the ones your body naturally produces. Bioidentical hormones are created from plant products and are used in the form of a cream or gel. For example, natural estrogen and progesterone hormones are made from soybean and Mexican yam extracts.

Some natural hormone preparations are standard formulas. While others are uniquely compounded by pharmacists according to a prescription that creates a hormonal treatment for a specific health need.

These individualized preparations are not regulated by the FDA. And the FDA states they’re not aware of any credible scientific evidence to support natural hormone’s safety and effectiveness.

Hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women refers to estrogen alone, for those who’ve had a hysterectomy, or estrogen and progestin combined, for those with a uterus. These hormones are prescribed to reduce menopause symptoms like:

Another beneficial aspect of estrogen hormone therapy is it can prevent osteoporosis.

However, this type of hormone therapy is not delivered without associated health risks, such as:

Some possible side effects of female hormonal replacement therapy are:

Oftentimes, reducing the dose eliminates your side effects. And long term use of estrogen hormone therapy is not recommended.

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