Hormone Replacement Therapy For Women
In this day and age it is quite normal for a woman to balance a career with being a mother, a wife and running a home. As a result of these responsibilities, it’s easy to forget about your good health and general well being.
For most women, being well informed about health and wellness is becoming increasingly important. It’s common knowledge that women are far better at visiting their doctors than men and in general, take better care of themselves.
You are different from a man in many respects. You have female hormones that can protect you from some diseases yet put you at risk from others. You are vulnerable to osteoporosis, breast and ovarian cancer along with many other conditions.
You also have to consider the impact of pregnancy on your body. You have to face menopause, losing your figure and aging skin. Good women’s health is not just about looking good and performing to the best of your abilities, it’s also about being informed on what’s out there that could benefit you, your health and quality of life.
Menopause Symptoms
As we age, certain hormones like estrogen, progesterone, HGH – human growth hormone - thyroid hormones and even testosterone decline. This decline causes an hormonal imbalance that can trigger sexual, mental and physical problems.
Women in their mid-thirties and forties can suffer from pre-menopause and women in their fifties and beyond can suffer from menopause. Symptoms of pre-menopause include:
- Irregular menstrual cycle length
- Increased breast tenderness
- Irritability, anxiety and mood swings
- Water retention
- Weight gain
- Increased inability to cope
- Poor concentration
- Reduced libido / sex drive
- Exercise and diet resistance weight gain
- Breast tenderness and headaches
- Anxiety and tearfulness
- Hot flushes and insomnia
- Reduced libido / sex drive
- Fatigue, mood swings and depression
- Foggy thinking and confusion
Traditionally, women suffering from the above have been prescribed the contraceptive pill to “regulate periods”, or anti-depressants to “settle-down” or benzodiazepines like valium to “calm down”. This approach does not get to the root of the problem.
In many cases, a simple age management treatment, combining exercise, diet, nutritional supplements and bio-identical hormone medications, if medically indicated, can even improve or reverse many of the issues that aging women suffer from.
AAG Health’s focus is to optimize your hormones so you can overcome your symptoms in a safe and effective manner. We can help improve your health, performance and appearance enabling you to get back on track.
HRT: Bio-identical vs. Synthetic Hormones
Much has been said about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women recently. The debate still rages over treatment of menopause with synthetic pharmaceutical hormones versus the natural bio-identical hormones. Suzanne Somers claims in her many books that bio-identical hormone therapy has had life changing effects and has resurrected her career. Even Oprah Winfrey has dabbled in the subject.
Bio-identical hormones are made to have the same molecular structure as the hormones made by your own body. Synthetic hormones are intentionally different. Big pharmaceutical companies can't patent a bio-identical structure, so they invent synthetic hormones that are patentable like Premarin™, Prempro™ and Provera™.
Though bio-identical hormones have been around for years, most health care practitioners are unfamiliar with them. There are several branded versions now available for use in the kind of hormone replacement therapy typical of synthetic hormones. This is generally a one-size-fits-all dosage regime.
Get Your Life Back With AAG health
At AAG Health we have had the greatest success with an individualized approach. We begin with laboratory tests of hormone levels. We then prescribe a precise dosage of bio-identical estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, and in some cases, human growth hormone.
Hormone therapy with natural, bio-identical hormones has been proven time after time to promote a better quality of life. If you are a woman suffering from symptoms or pre-menopause or menopause, check with us to find out if you are a candidate for bio-identical hormone replacement therapy.
Call us at 1-800-325-1325 to learn more.
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