Complete Care Newsletter 6/25/20: Hormone Balance

 

 

Have you heard of hormone replacement therapy? It is a way to treat hormone imbalane. Hormone imbalance can happen at any age. Hormone deficiencies occur when the production of natural hormones decline in aging adults. This usually happens after the age of 30 in both women and men. When hormones become low or imbalanced in women, it is known as menopause. In men, it is known as andropause. One way to counteract either of these conditions is to get hormone replacement therapy.

 

 

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is the process by which certain hormones are replaced on a prescribed schedule to mimic the body’s naturaml process. Commonly, these essential hormones include the human growth hormone, estrogen, and testosterone. Furthermore, hormone replacements are natural, usually plant-based, substances. These substances have an identical molecular structure and chemical composition as your body’s natural hormones.

 

By contrast, synthetic hormones are made to have different molecular structures.  Drug companies can’t patent a molecule produced naturally by the human body. Instead, they design synthetic hormones that are molecularly different and, therefore, are patentable. Premarin, Prempro, and Provera are the most obvious and widely prescribed examples of products containing synthetic hormones.

 

Your body produces many different hormones that are responsible for different processes. Here at Complete Care Health Centers, we want you to know more about your body’s hormones.