Estrogen therapy is the most familiar treatment for women, but several other hormone therapies offered at our Louisiana and Mississippi clinics address issues related to aging or menopause. In addition to treatments using specific hormones, combination hormone therapies are also common.
The physiological changes that occur as you age can impact your quality of life. Advances in anti-aging treatments, including hormone replacement therapy, enable you to minimize the impact these changes have on your life.
Here’s a look at the hormones we use at Rejuvime Medical for women:
Progesterone
Progesterone performs various functions and is typically used with estrogen therapy to help relieve symptoms and enhance the treatment’s safety. Progesterone balances the effects of estrogen on the ovaries, preventing the unwanted growth of the uterine lining.
Testosterone
Even though testosterone is the male sex hormone, women also produce it, and it plays an important role in women of all ages. Managing a woman’s testosterone levels is an integral part of our anti-aging treatments. Numerous studies have shown that adding testosterone to hormonal therapy can improve sexual function and general well-being. Testosterone injections are one option for delivery, but you can choose to get slow-release pellets implanted just below the skin or apply a cream on the skin so that it goes directly into the bloodstream.
DHEA
DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is a precursor to both estrogen and testosterone, meaning the body uses DHEA as a building block for sex hormones. Produced by the adrenal gland, DHEA can help increase estrogen levels as part of hormone replacement therapy and boost muscle mass. Maintaining optimal DHEA levels is an important feature of our treatments to reduce the effects of aging.
Thyroid
Thyroid hormones regulate our body’s metabolism and influence virtually every organ system in the body. They tell organs how fast or slow they should work and regulate the body’s consumption of oxygen and the production of heat. An overactive or underactive thyroid can have severe effects on your metabolism. Too much or too little production of thyroid hormones can also lead to unwanted symptoms before, during, and after menopause. Our program includes comprehensive testing of the thyroid gland, including thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroxine (T4), and triiodothyronine (T3).
Growth Hormone Therapy
Women deficient in human growth hormones can increase their endurance, bone density, and muscle mass while decreasing body fat through growth hormone therapy. Our growth hormone therapy treatments use sermorelin, a powerful peptide that augments human growth hormone production by stimulating growth hormone release from the pituitary gland.
Start Your Journey
We make it simple and convenient to find out if you can benefit from medically monitored hormone therapy to address the effects of aging. The best way to find out if HRT would work for you is to request a free consultation or call us at our offices to schedule a phone consultation with one of our providers.
