Hormones like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and DHEA play crucial regulatory roles in our bodies. When levels decline due to aging or other factors, patients may experience symptoms like fatigue, low libido, hot flashes, weight gain, insomnia, and mood changes. Left untreated, these hormone deficiencies can negatively impact one's quality of life.
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) can effectively alleviate undesirable signs and symptoms by restoring hormones to optimal levels. BHRT provides tailor-made treatments using lab-made hormones that are molecularly identical to those made naturally in the human body. This allows for precise dosing to meet each patient's individual needs.
Detecting hormonal imbalance begins with blood, saliva, or urine tests. Both men and women are candidates for testing, which is ideally performed in the early morning when hormone levels are most stable. Specific tests help identify deficiencies in key hormones:
Estrogen and progesterone regulate a woman’s menstrual cycle and reproduce tissue. Testing these hormones over the course of a menstrual cycle determines ovarian function and ovulation. Low levels may cause irregular periods, hot flashes, vaginal dryness, disrupted sleep, and bone loss.
Testosterone plays roles in libido, muscle mass, bone density, and red blood cell production for both sexes. Testing testosterone levels in blood can detect “low T” in both men and women when they exhibit low energy, diminished sex drive, or erectile dysfunction.
DHEA tests measure levels of the pre-hormone DHEA-sulfate that gets converted to estrogen and testosterone. Declining DHEA leads to loss of youthful vitality, so testing establishes a baseline to guide dosing.
Based on clinical presentation and lab results, our practitioners can determine which hormone therapy may help relieve deficiencies or optimize wellness.
Women experiencing perimenopause or menopause often benefit from adding back bioidentical versions of the key female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone to balance hormones.
Declining estrogen correlates with menopausal onset, marked by the end of menstruation. Typical menopausal symptoms estrogen therapy helps include hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, irregular periods, trouble sleeping, and mood changes like depression. Our compounding pharmacy uses plant extracts to create customized bioidentical estrogen creams, pills or gels to optimize dosing. Patients apply/take estrogen daily, while being monitored to avoid potential risks of over-supplementation like fluid retention or uterine cancer.
Progesterone works synergistically with estrogen throughout the menstrual cycle to prepare the uterus for pregnancy each month. Adding bioidentical progesterone helps restore normal cycles, improve sleep quality, boost libido, and stabilize moods. Our clinic offers progesterone pills, creams, or suppositories based on patient needs and preferences.
Balancing both estrogen and progesterone helps women relieve menopause symptoms and regain wellness during perimenopause or after hysterectomy/oophorectomy surgeries.
Declining testosterone affects both men and women. TRT can effectively help alleviate low testosterone symptoms when levels drop below optimal ranges.
In men, signs of testosterone deficiency include low libido, erectile dysfunction, decreased muscle mass, weight gain, fatigue, and depression. Testing levels with bloodwork establishes clinical need for TRT.
Women also benefit from testosterone's vitality and libido boosting effects. Testing reveals clinical “low T” when levels fall below optimal lab ranges leading to low energy, mental fog, disrupted sleep, reduced stamina, and low sex drive.
TRT ameliorates symptoms of low testosterone using bioidentical hormones customized to restore patient levels to more youthful ranges. It comes in topical gels/creams for daily dosing, along with injectable or pellet options lasting weeks or months.
Customized bioidentical testosterone therapy offers advantages over synthetic steroids or standardized doses. Therapy helps both men and women relieve frustrating hypogonadism symptoms to regain energy, mentation, lean muscle mass, and sex drive. Our practitioners carefully monitor patients to provide optimal testosterone levels without elevating red blood cell counts.
Bioidentical hormones are chemically identical to the hormones naturally produced in the human body. However, the body may not metabolize them in exactly the same way as endogenous hormones. More research is still needed to fully understand the long-term effects of bioidentical hormone therapy.
DHEA acts as precursor our bodies convert into other key hormones. Levels peak around age 30 then steadily decline. Supplementing DHEA as we age attempts to slow this inevitable decline towards deficiencies.
Declining DHEA over decades contributes towards symptoms correlated with aging like decreased muscle tone, bone loss, depleted mood, mental fog, and reduced immunity against diseases. Testing DHEA-sulfate blood levels establishes a baseline to guide treatment.
Bioidentical DHEA provided in tablets or topical creams may help alleviate age-related decline. Supplementing DHEA aims to alleviate symptoms, however specific benefits remain difficult to prove conclusively per research reviews. Given quality of life impacts, DHEA therapy appears reasonably safe over the short-term when monitored by our experienced practitioners.
Bioidentical HRT works best alongside lifestyle changes that proactively support wellness. We suggest all patients consider:
Making positive lifestyle changes empowers patients to take an active role supporting their customized bioidentical hormone replacement therapies.
Our experienced practitioners offer cutting edge bioidentical hormone therapy for men and women at Revive Hormone Clinic conveniently located in Williston, ND near your community. We take time listening to patient concerns before deciding optimal hormone balancing strategies using combination treatment plans customized per lab results and adjustable based on symptom monitoring during follow-ups.
In addition toissues like fatigue, sleep disruption, and low sex drive. Our on-site lab draws blood samples for accurate hormone tests, interpreted by our practitioners to assess clinical necessity for estrogen therapies, testosterone therapy, DHEA supplementation, and other treatments personalized to patient needs and preferences.
Revive Hormone Clinic specializes in prescribing and monitoring custom-compounded bioidentical hormone therapy using gels, creams, pills, inserts, implants, or injections dosed precisely to optimize hormone levels in men and women. Our on-site compounding pharmacy uses high quality ingredients to formulate personalized BHRT prescriptions supported by evidence-based protocols.
Hormone therapy requires consistent monitoring to avoid under or overtreatment associated risks, so Revive Hormone Clinic offers regular follow-ups. Patients meet standard intervals for symptom/side effect reviews, dosing adjustments per lab results, and bloodwork to ensure therapies appropriately restore target levels. We tailor appointments to address patient questions/concerns supporting lasting therapy success.
Revive Hormone Clinic combines current BHRT expertise with small-clinic personalized care. We accept most major insurance plans while offering competitive pricing. Compared to large chains, our practitioners focus more time counseling patients throughout appointments. Let our hormone clinic help you reclaim your vitality!
