Menopause
Menopause can make women suffer from unbearable hot flashes, interrupted sleep due to night sweats, and mood swings. Hormone replacement therapy for women can effectively relieve menopause-related symptoms. Properly regulated hormones are essential to optimal health.
What is Hormone Replacement Therapy?
What Are the Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy?
Hormone replacement therapy efficiently treats menopausal symptoms, including mood swings, hot flashes, and night sweats. Supplementing your estrogen levels also helps to relieve dry skin, vaginal dryness, and irritable bladder symptoms. Other benefits of hormone replacement therapy include:
- Increased elasticity of blood vessels
- Lower risk of fractures and osteoporosis
- Potential improvement of glucose levels
- Potential decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease
- Decreased incidence of colon cancer
How Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Administered?
Hormone replacement therapy can be given in different ways, either continuously or in cycles. It is usually started in low dosages and, if required, gradually increased later. We will decide the dosage and treatment routine based on your health and specific symptoms.
The available solutions for hormone therapy for women include:
Systemic Hormone Therapy
- Oral estrogen: Pills should be taken once a day before food.
- Topical estrogen:Gels, creams, or pellets should be applied once a day to the skin, shoulders, and arms. The estrogen hormone is absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin.