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Understanding Hormones: Key Facts and Treatment Options

Learn about the role of hormones in the body, major sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone, symptoms of hormone deficiency, and non-hormonal treatment options. Discover the importance of managing hormones at a basic level, costs, and additional resources for further information.

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Understanding Hormones: Key Facts and Treatment Options

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  1. Do I Need Hormones? Dr Johnnie Ham, MD Coastal Prestige Medical Services and Clinic Pismo Beach, California

  2. What are Hormones? • Hormones are BioChemical Messengers • Hormones control numerous functions in the body • One of the Two Major Controllers in your body

  3. Unique Targets

  4. Where do they come from?

  5. Focus on the Major Sex Hormones • Estrogen • Estradiol – the major player • Estrone – less active, post-menopausal • Estriol – the pregnancy estrogen • Progesterone • “pro” “gestational” • Testosterone

  6. Estradiol • Performs over 240 functions in the body • In contrast, Testosterone performs about 110; Thyroid Hormone performs about 15 • Produced by the month’s stimulated follicles in the ovary • So, no stimulated follicles, no estradiol

  7. Testosterone • improves oxygen uptake throughout the body • controls blood sugar • regulates cholesterol • increases lean body mass • prevents osteoporosis • maintains immune function • maintains cardiac functions • Stimulates neurological function and repair

  8. Prevalence of Hypogonadism Using Bioavailable Testosterone and Free Androgen IndexFrom Morley JE, Perry HM. Andropause: an old concept in new clothing. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 2003; Vol 19, No 3.

  9. Symptoms of Testosterone Deficiency in Women AND Men • Decreased or absent libido • Erectile or Sexual dysfunction • Decreased muscle mass • Decreased muscle strength • Osteoporosis • Heart disease • Sleep disorders • Memory failure • Irritability • Decreased energy level • Mood swings • Depression • Anxiety • Increased pain • Cold intolerance • Decreased self-confidence • Decreased cognition • Loss of sense of well-being

  10. Serum testosterone (a) and free testosterone concentrations (b) in patients receiving testosterone gel 5 (closed circles), 7.5(closed squares), and 10g/d(closed triangles). The dotted lines represent the adult male reference range Jockenhovel F et al. The good, the bad, and the unknown of late onset hypogonadism: the urological perspective. Journal of Men’s Health and Gender. September 2005, Vol 2, No. 3.

  11. Is there anything I can do without taking hormones? • Lots…. • Exercise • Diet • Herbal Supplements • Stress Reduction techniques • Chiropractic care • Massage therapy

  12. So Why Treat?

  13. Managing Hormones Basic Level • Start with symptoms • Educate on risks, benefits, alternatives • Begin therapy, monitor the results • Incrementally add or subtract whatever is needed for your personal desired effect • Once everything is “perfect” then measure to get a baseline • Generally, using Estradiol, Testosterone, and sometimes progesterone

  14. How much does it Cost? • If not covered by insurance: • Testosterone and estradiol cream thru the Women’s International Pharmacy is $19.50 per month each • Most insurance companies cover estradiol for women and testosterone for men, including MediCare • Most men are willing to pay $19.50 for testosterone for their wives…

  15. More Info? • Strongly Recommend: • “Perfect Balance” by Dr Robert Greene, featured on Oprah, bestseller • “The Life Extension Revolution” by Philip Lee Miller, MD, Los Gatos Longevity Center • “Natural Hormone Balance for Women” by Uzzi Reiss, UCLA • Caution – be careful about what you read on the Internet!

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