Category Archives: Menopause
April 22, 2011 Menopause
Symptoms of menopause can be very uncomfortable. The three most common complaints are hot flashes, insomnia, and vaginal dryness. After the Women’s Health Initiative trial many patients discontinued their hormone therapy due to concerns about cardiovascular problems and breast cancer with Premarin and Premplus. Unfortunately this left many women struggling with their symptoms. Mort recent [...]
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April 22, 2011 Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)
What is it and what is it used for? Hormone replacement therapy (both bioidentical and non-bioidentical) is used to relieve the signs and symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. Some of the more common symptoms that hormone replacement therapy treats include: hot flashes, sleep disturbances, foggy thinking, painful intercourse, low libido, night sweats, vaginal dryness as [...]
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