Not exact matches
In June researchers from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study added a dismal confirmation:
estrogen - only replacement
therapy in postmenopausal women who've had a hysterectomy not only fails to prevent memory loss but may
also increase the risk of dementia.
These results,
also presented at the 2015 European Cancer Congress (ECC2015, abstract # 5BA) today, which involve the group of 1,626 patients with a Recurrence Score between 0 and 10, demonstrated that 99.3 percent of node - negative,
estrogen receptor (ER)- positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)- negative patients who met accepted guidelines for recommending chemotherapy in addition to hormonal
therapy, had no distant recurrence at five years after treatment with hormonal
therapy alone.
Estrogen replacement
therapy has long been understood as a remedy for women who are suffering from a variety of side effects following menopause, but what many women don't know is that testosterone replacement
therapy may
also need to be added to the mix to properly balance hormone levels.
Vaginal
estrogen therapy may
also be used in women who have breast, cervical or ovarian cancer, and medical consultation must be sought for proper advice on its risks and benefits.
Long Jack (eurycoma longifolia) is a plant from the Simaroubaceae family that is harvested from the root of the plant, has shown to improve libido and increase testosterone production but
also shown to be very good in a post cycle
therapy as it will
also neutralize any
estrogen side - effects.
Additionally, if your hormone replacement
therapy does not
also include progesterone, you're running the risk of
estrogen dominance, which many women already suffer.
One
also sees this in women who are pregnant, on oral contraceptive pills or
estrogen replacement
therapy and in folic acid deficient individuals.
The doctor
also found a problem with my adrenals (my
estrogen was the level of a menopausal woman), but only recommended hormone replacement
therapy with
estrogen.
For most women, this means
Estrogen Replacement
Therapy, but it might
also mean supplemental testosterone.
Furthermore, it has
also been found that men who have been treated with synthetic testosterone replacement
therapy tend to develop high levels of
estrogen.
That is
also why some physicians consider prescribing
estrogen therapy for osteoporosis.
Hypogonadal men may
also benefit from
estrogen therapy to prevent osteoporosis.
It's
also quite possible that other hormones, like
estrogen and progesterone, are at the root of your symptoms — we provide hormone replacement
therapy for these hormones as well.
WebMD [2] explains that the specific type of treatment often
also depends on some factors related to the woman who is experiencing these symptoms.When it comes to a pharmaceutical approach, a woman who still has a uterus will often received combination HRT (Hormone Replacement
Therapy), while a woman who does not have a uterus anymore (those who had undergone a hysterectomy) may only be prescribed a dose of
estrogen.
It's
also important for you to understand the impact that
estrogen — a key hormone included in hormone replacement
therapy (HRT)-- has on your thyroid.
Circulating testosterone levels decline with increasing age but do not appear to be significantly affected by the menopausal transition.8 As early as the 1940s, testosterone was reported not only to alleviate menopausal symptoms but
also to restore libido.9 In recent years, evidence has accumulated supporting the hypothesis that the decline in endogenous testosterone levels is associated with menopausal symptoms, including decreased libido, worse moods, and poorer quality of life.10 Clinical trials have demonstrated that exogenous androgens in conjunction with
estrogens can ameliorate symptoms affecting sexual function and general well - being.11, 12 In addition, studies have found beneficial effects of androgen
therapy on bone mineral density.13 - 15