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As a woman approaches the time of her life when she goes through menopause she may have to rethink who she sees as her physician. Many doctors have no training in menopause, the medicine they prescribe may consist of supplements that do very little to ease the symptoms. They may advise their patient to read a book on the topic and send them off. Or worst yet they may tell them that it is not their specialty when they are a gynecologist. The woman is often left up to their own devises to find relief from hot flashes, mood swings and other symptoms that can accompany menopause.
Progesterone, testosterone and estrogen all play important roles in our lives. When these hormones become imbalanced we can experience hot flashes, loss of energy and mood swings that are too uncomfortable to ignore. Bio identical replacement therapy is sometimes used to ease these symptoms. Hormone therapy has been dismissed due to severe side effects from synthetic types of hormones. Woman have been afraid of them due to the negative press they have received and doctors refuse to prescribe them due to risky and severe side effects.
Of late bio identical hormones have gained popularity due to the celebrities who successfully take them like Oprah Winfrey and Suzanne Somers. Doctors have used them for the past 25 years with great success when customized to the patient's needs. The only way to do this is through a compounding pharmacist who can make the prescription exactly as ordered in a delivery system agreeable to the patient.
Drug companies cannot make bio identical hormones because they cannot be patented as they are a natural structure. Therefore synthetic hormones are intentionally made to have a different structure so that can be patented. Bio identical hormones are produced in labs but have the same molecular structure as the hormones that your body produces. They have been around for a long time but not many doctors know much about them.
When considering going on a bio identical regimen a hormone panel will be needed to check out what ones levels are. This will then determine the dosage of bio identical hormones needed. You will be monitored every three months initially to make sure your hormones are maintaining a balanced level and then checked annually thereafter. The lowest dosage of hormones will be prescribed.
You will need to be carefully monitored to make sure your hormone levels are in balance, this will be done every three months initially and then once a year. Your prescription can be tailored to your requirements by your compounding pharmacist. This method will ensure that you are not taking too many hormones or not enough to relieve your symptoms.
Bio identicals are appealing in that they are natural and our bodies can metabolize them with very little side effects. Synthetic hormones tend to be stronger drugs, harder to metabolize and the side effects are serious. The beauty of using a compounding pharmacy for bio identicals is the prescription can be altered when needed very easily.
Building a relationship with your veterinary pharmacy Toronto and doctor is the best approach to finding relief from disruptive menopausal symptoms. Going back to the way we used to interact with our pharmacist give us a personalized approach that is healthier for us. With the correct treatment menopause does not have to be uncomfortable.
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