Hormones
Questions to Ask Before You Start Hormone Therapy
Seven questions that separate a careful hormone prescriber from a sales pitch, covering testing, monitoring, pellets and how you stop.
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How Long Hormone Therapy Takes to Work
A symptom by symptom timeline for hormone therapy: what shifts in the first weeks, what takes months, and when no response means something else.
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Do Hormone Pellets Work Differently for Women Than for Men?
Women's testosterone pellet doses are about a tenth of men's, and are compounded and off label in the US. What the evidence and the risks actually show.
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Perimenopause vs. Menopause: What Changes, and What Helps
One is a transition that can last years. The other is a single date you can only identify looking backward. Knowing which you are in changes the plan.
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Are Bioidentical Hormone Pellets Safe?
"Bioidentical" describes a molecule, not a safety rating. What actually determines the answer is dose, monitoring and who is placing them.