Hormonal Replacement Therapy
Personalized bioidentical hormone therapy tailored to your body's unique needs — restoring balance, vitality, and quality of life.
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Compounding Bio-Identical Natural Hormones are hormones of the same chemical structure as those generated by the human body. These hormones produced naturally in the body cannot be patented, and companies have no financial incentive to commercialize them.
Compounding pharmacists create bioidentical hormones from a doctor's prescription and offer them in various forms, including nasal, sublingual, and percutaneous administration, as well as patches, injectables, and suppositories.
Plant-derived Bio-Identical Natural Hormones are biologically identical to hormones released by our bodies when we were younger, allowing your body to restore its natural balance.
Some examples of Bio-Identical Hormones include:
Benefits of Hormonal Replacement Therapy
✅ Benefits
- Preparation can be adjusted to suit your own hormone levels
- Custom-made for a patient according to a health care provider's specification
- Used to prepare drugs where exact medications are not commercially accessible
- Helps patients with intolerances that necessitate different ingredients or routes
- Increased dose flexibility, low-dose preparation, and potentially lower costs
⚠️ Considerations
- Can lack a clear biological justification and medical proof of efficacy
- Made from several sources, making it hard to pinpoint the active ingredient
- Regarded as inferior to FDA-approved drugs with better-defined pharmacokinetic properties
- Varying levels of purity and potency and a lack of safety information
- Both under-dosage and overdosage are possible due to variable bioavailability
- Conventional hormone therapy is often preferred by providers
"Compounding enables individual patients to customize and titrate the dose, dosage form, and route of administration to achieve the desired clinical effect while minimizing any potential side effects."
Female Hormonal Therapy
Estrogens, progesterone, and testosterone — both manufactured products and compounded preparations — have been used and clinically accepted internationally since the 1940s. Millions of women depend on bioidentical hormones for infertility challenges, menopausal problems, and other hormonal imbalances.
Collaboration with patients and doctors allows compounding pharmacists to offer custom hormonal therapy in the most appropriate strength and dosage form. Hormonal therapy should be started carefully after assessing the woman's medical and family history — each woman is unique and will respond differently to therapy.
Estrogens
Estrogens are a group of related hormones, each of which has a unique activity profile. The circulating estrogen levels of a woman fluctuate in normal circumstances based on her menstrual cycle. These hormones are often combined to restore a normal physiologic balance for HRT. The three principal estrogens produced in women are:
Estrone — 10–20% of circulating estrogens. Produced after menopause.
Estradiol — 10–30%. Major secretory product of the ovary, produced before menopause.
Estriol — 60–80% of circulating estrogens.
Progesterone
Perimenopausal women are commonly prescribed progesterone to counteract "estrogen dominance," which occurs when they have less progesterone than estrogens. It enhances bone mineral density alone or combined with estrogen and reduces the risk of endometrial cancer.
Not only women with an 'intact uterus,' but women with hysterectomy also require Progesterone therapy. Vasomotor flushing is the most uncomfortable menopause complaint — progesterone can be effective in addressing this alongside estrogen therapy.
Androgens
Androgens play an important role in maintaining libido and are important for the integrity of the skin, muscle, and bone both for men and women. Serum testosterone decreases are associated with DHEA, and DHEA-sulfate decreases because of hysterectomy, menopause, or age-related gender.
DHEA is an androgen precursor that can lead to testosterone in your body. As the body ages, DHEA production is often insufficient when a female undergoes menopause. Recently, added androgens to the HRT regimen have been focused on reducing recalcitrant menopausal symptoms, protecting from osteoporosis, immune loss, obesity, and diabetes.
Male Hormone Replacement Therapy
Serum testosterone levels decrease steadily with age in most men. Total serum testosterone levels in men aged 75 years are approximately two-thirds of the levels at 25 years of age. Some men can, however, experience a remarkably sudden change in the level of testosterone.
Signs & Symptoms of Low Testosterone
A person can be hypogonadal when the total testosterone is under 200 ng/dl, or the bioavailable testosterone is below 60 ng/dl. It is recommended that older men start hormone replacement therapy when a total testosterone level is below 300 ng/dl.
Benefits of Testosterone Replacement Therapy
- Increased strength and stature
- Improvement in mood and depression
- Improvement in sleep and quality of life
- Decrease in cardiovascular risk and normalize blood clotting
- Improvement in libido and sexual function
- Increased muscle mass and body composition
- Enhanced cognition, concentration, and memory
- Reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
- Lower cholesterol and triglycerides
Conclusion
Although dozens of commercially available hormone-containing products for safety and efficacy have been evaluated, individual compound preparations for millions of patients are still needed. Compounding enables individual patients to customize and titrate the dose, dosage form, and route of administration to achieve the desired clinical effect while minimizing any potential side effects. Therefore, many individual patients prefer cHRT for limited dosage forms and strengths compared to mass-produced products.
Ready to Restore Your Balance?
At HealthyMoi Pharmacy in Houston, TX, our experienced compounding pharmacists are ready to work with you and your doctor to create a personalized hormone therapy plan that truly works for your body.