Hormone Therapy

Your quality of life is important to you, and to our team at Lone Star Biogenetics. We have designed our clinic to address a wide variety of medical problems that can cause pain and functional issues for our patients that impact their quality of life. Our approach uses the most advanced methodology, techniques and treatment modalities that can impact the cause of pain and dysfunction, improving life for our patients. Hormone therapy was once routinely used to treat menopausal symptoms and protect long-term health. Then large clinical trials showed health risks. What does this mean for you?

Hormone replacement therapy is often simply a medication that usually contains female hormones. You take the medication to replace the estrogen that your body stops making during menopause. Hormone therapy is most often used to treat common menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes and vaginal discomfort.

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Hormone therapy has also been proved to prevent bone loss and reduce fracture in postmenopausal women.

However, there are risks associated with using hormone therapy. These risks depend on the type of hormone therapy, the dose, how long the medication is taken and your individual health risks. For best results, hormone therapy should be tailored to each person and reevaluated every so often to be sure the benefits still outweigh the risks.

What are the basic types of hormone therapy?

Hormone replacement therapy primarily focuses on replacing the estrogen that your body no longer makes after menopause. There are two main types of estrogen therapy:

• Systemic hormone therapy. Systemic estrogen — which comes in pill, skin patch, ring, gel, cream or spray form — typically contains a higher dose of estrogen that is absorbed throughout the body. It can be used to treat any of the common symptoms of menopause.
• Low-dose vaginal products. Low-dose vaginal preparations of estrogen — which come in cream, tablet or ring form — minimize the amount of estrogen absorbed by the body. Because of this, low-dose vaginal preparations are usually only used to treat the vaginal and urinary symptoms of menopause.

If you haven't had your uterus removed, your doctor will typically prescribe estrogen along with progesterone or progestin (progesterone-like medication). This is because estrogen alone, when not balanced by progesterone, can stimulate growth of the lining of the uterus, increasing the risk of endometrial cancer. If you have had your uterus removed (hysterectomy), you may not need to take progestin.

Every medical issue or injury is as unique as our patients. There is never a set treatment plan for a certain condition; our team uses a personalized approach to determine the best options for relief and recovery for the individual and their medical concern. We focus on non-invasive options that have been scientifically proven to provide value in treatment, giving our patients access to the best care for their situation.