The known disease that testosterone can delay or prevent include:
Women need replacement if they desire to: delay the symptoms of aging, depression and anxiety, regain libido, preserve skin and muscle tone, look younger, increase energy, strengthen the immune system, improve physical stamina, cure insomnia, thicken hair, protect against osteoporosis, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease, prevent the need for long term care from the loss of ability to walk, and improve general health.
The reason we use pellets is they contain the pure hormone and are not metabolized into byproducts that will cause side effects or inactivate the testosterone before you use them. This unique delivery system (pellets placed under the skin in the upper buttock area) allows this pure hormone to be delivered directly to the blood stream. Pellets act as a reservoir of hormone that allows your body to take as much testosterone or estradiol as your body needs at any one time. When you are exercising, you have an increased pulse and cardiac output so you absorb more hormone. Because Bio-Identic pellets are bio-identical, and because of their efficient delivery system, women are more likely to feel better on pellets than with any other forms of estrogen or testosterone replacement.
Menopause is the third stage of aging. The first stage is losing your testosterone. The second stage is losing your progesterone. Menopause is when you enter the last stage of aging, and it doesn’t end. You are in this stage until you die. That is why we need to learn how to treat it and live with it.
Estradiol pellets adequately treat:
Plus many other symptoms of testosterone deficiency
Deficiency is diagnosed through its symptoms, medical history examination, in conjunction with our protocol using Optimal Levels for Total and Free Testosterone blood levels.
Yes. Most patients begin treatment sometime after 40, since we start to lose our hormones in our late 30's. Testosterone from the ovaries disappears before menopause and should be replaced when a woman becomes symptomatic. If their ovaries are removed, they should start hormones following the removal of ovaries.
Every treatment plan is unique. We recreate what the normal daily production of testosterone and estradiol by a young ovary should be and deliver enough of that dose to last until the next pellet insertion. This dose is then adjusted according to body mass, exercise frequency, symptoms, and any medications the patient is on.
We place them in the upper-outer quadrant of the buttock area about 1.5 centimeters below the skin where they can dissolve and be picked up by capillaries.
It takes about 2-4 weeks to get the full effect. Pellets must be re-inserted every 3 to 4 months to prevent symptoms of recurrence.
3 to 4 months is typical, but each person is unique to when they need that next insertion. It is based on when they started to feel the pellets working and when they started to see a decrease in the benefits. It is also based on if they don't get a lot of sleep, exercise, do stressful work, or participate in athletics, in which case you will use them up more quickly and we may need to dose you with more pellets on the next insertion.
Yes. The pellets are completely absorbed by the body.
Testosterone increases the thickness of bones and muscles which increase lean body mass. But, it also decreases fat at the same time. In general, women taking pellet hormones start by dropping sizes and don’t begin to lose weight for 9-12 months.
Depends on your lifestyle, such as exercise, healthy eating, hydration, how overweight you are when treatment begins, and what other relevant medical conditions. We always try to help you with your weight loss by optimizing your pellet dose and balancing your other hormones.
You can take pellet replacement hormones as long as you wish. Bio-identical Pellet Replacement is the closest thing to your natural hormones that you can receive. The replacement of both estradiol and testosterone prevents many of the diseases of aging. We can treat patients into their 90’s at PelletMD. Members of our staff say they will be taking them as long as they are alive!
Deficiency is diagnosed through its symptoms, medical history examination, in conjunction with our protocol using optimal levels for total and free testosterone blood levels.
Yes. Testosterone is very safe for diabetics and generally increases insulin sensitivity, which will decrease triglycerides and stabilize blood glucose. It will improve the status of your diabetes and help you lose weight.
Yes. It often replaces anti-depressants (which decrease libido) after only one or two insertions.
Oral progesterone, like bio-identical progesterone, can cause hunger and weight gain, with the side effects being worse with Provera. At PelletMD, we prefer bio-identical progesterone compounded for us.
Testosterone is made of cholesterol. When you take cholesterol-lowering drugs, you decrease the substrate that testosterone is made of, and generally decrease the level of testosterone. Testosterone replacement lowers cholesterol, so we recheck after the first dose and if your lipids are much lower. We then suggest that you do a trial without the medication to see if you still need it.
No. Testosterone pellets improve the immune system function so you can fight all types of cancers more easily than before you started treatment.
No, they do not.
No. You will likely consume the testosterone more quickly than other women because your liver is hyper-activated to metabolize testosterone with the same enzymes that metabolize alcohol and drugs. In addition, marijuana increases prolactin, the hormone that increases breast size in men and women. Prolactin not only decreases your testosterone level but decreases your sex drive and sexual stamina.
We strongly suggest that you do not because it dampens the effects of the testosterone pellets. Instead of oral contraceptives we encourage our patients to get a Mirena IUD or permanent birth control (like atubal ligation or have their husbands get a vasectomy) instead of taking the pill. Many women who insist on continuing the pill are disappointed in the resolution of their symptoms, and they decide after they experience the problem to seek out other birth control. Birth control is, of course, not needed after menopause..
Yes. If you been cancer free for ten years and have had no reoccurrence in that time frame. Bio-Identical’s do not cause cancer.
You should begin by taking non-oral estradiol and testosterone in the form of pellets. The pellets are the only form that bring the level of estrone back to young, healthy levels. Low estrogen increases belly fat.
Compared with synthetic hormones, natural testosterone will not cause any more excess hair growth.