A Startling Fact About Bioidentical Hormones
If you have ever been to a drugstore, I am sure you are familiar with the symbol for a pharmacy.
Do you know what that is? It is called a “mortar and pestle,” and it is the bowl and the tool that, before the rise of “Big Pharma,” all druggists used to mix up or “compound” medications.
In fact, before the 20th century, all pharmacists would be considered “compounding pharmacists,” whereas today, it is a specialty practice.
So are there advantages to compounding medications? Absolutely!
As a clinic that focuses largely on age management and particularly on hormone optimization, we see many patients who need compounded bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Women especially, who are dealing with the most debilitating symptoms of menopause, react very positively to custom-compounded bioidentical hormones that can be tailored to their particular needs. Men as well benefit from compounding.
Advantages of Custom Compounded Bioidentical Hormones
When it comes to hormone replacement therapy, there is no such thing as “one size fits all.” Custom compounding allows providers of hormone replacement to customize medications that are personalized to the specific needs of a given patient.
However, such customization is not the only advantage of compounded bioidentical hormones and other medications.
Other benefits of compounded medications include:
- They can be better tolerated and more easily absorbed by the body than traditional drugs.
- They can be custom formulated to be administered in ways other than swallowing.
- Dosages are much easier to adjust over the course of treatment.
- Multiple prescription medications can be blended into a single dose to improve effectiveness and ensure compliance.
The Many Benefits of Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
In our Dallas area antiaging clinic, the most common use of compounding is in the case of creating bioidentical hormones.
As the name implies, these hormones are made from natural sources and are the same hormones molecule for molecule – as your own body makes. This is as opposed to the synthetic hormones made by the big drug companies.
As you might imagine, bioidentical hormones are more readily absorbed by the body and more effective than synthetic hormones, which try to mimic those that the body makes.
Synthetic hormones are, by their very nature, not the same thing as the hormones normally produced by your body. Your body, therefore, does not recognize them as harmless, and they have the potential of far more side effects than bio-identical hormones.
Also, drug companies that make synthetic hormones are not doing so from the goodness of their collective corporate hearts; they are manufacturing them for profit. Therefore, it is in their best interest to come up with unusual formulations that they can patent.
This is good for their investors but not so good for your body, as such unique formulations are even more unrecognizable to your body. Compounded bioidentical hormones are exactly the same as the hormones produced by your endocrine system, and they can be specifically designed for what ails you!
What Every Man and Woman Needs to Know Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Doctors now know that hormone imbalances like low testosterone or a growth hormone deficiency can lead to various health problems and an increased risk of several diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, some forms of cancer, and even Alzheimer’s dementia.
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy offers the safest and most significant relief from the troublesome symptoms that are caused by age-related hormone imbalances. Low levels of hormones or hormonal imbalances can also lead to weight gain, fatigue, mental fog, and sexual health issues in both men and women.
It is an unfortunate fact of life that critical hormones such as human growth hormone (HGH) and testosterone drop as we age. This is what is so important for men and women to understand the many benefits of hormone replacement therapy.
Prescription testosterone replacement therapy for men is available via injection, topical creams or gels, skin patches, subdermal pellets, or oral medication. We specialize in bioidentical pellet therapies.
Growth hormone or testosterone replacement therapy is only available with a doctor’s prescription. While any doctor can write you a prescription for testosterone replacement therapy, you should work with a clinic like Dallas Anti-Aging and Wellness that specializes in age optimization services and age-related hormone decline.
Dallas Anti-Aging & Wellness is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Our commitment is to help our patients feel young, youthful, and energized.
We offer bioidentical hormone therapy treatments as well as highly specialized procedures designed to meet the personal needs of our patients and to reverse the effects of aging and energy loss caused by menopause or andropause.
Working with our highly trained and professional staff, you’ll be able to achieve a renewed outlook and regain the vitality of your youth. Our medical director is Dr. Escobar, a Texas licensed physician, has been practicing internal medicine for the last 25 years.
At Dallas Anti-Aging & Wellness, Dr. Escobar has experience with treating erectile dysfunction, balancing hormones with hormone pellet therapy, and has been trained in aesthetic procedures with Botox® and facial fillers. Dr. Escobar has a warm bedside manner and spends time with his patients listening to their symptoms and is bi-lingual. He is also a member of the Texas Medical Association and the American Academy of Anti-Aging (A4M), where his training specifically focused on endocrinology.
“Since I began bioidentical hormone therapy a few months ago, it might sound like a cliché, but honestly, I look and feel at least ten years younger than before I started. I explained exactly what my problem was and what I wanted, and I was thrilled when he and the staff told me they could custom compound hormone pellets just for me. Within just a few weeks of having the pellet insertion, all of the symptoms that had been dragging me down disappeared.”
Desiree S, Ft. Worth, TX
If you would like to learn a little bit more about the many life-changing benefits of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, please click here to contact us today or call us at (214) 646-1523.
