Sentences with phrase «oral estrogen replacement»

For instance, oral estrogen replacement is processed first through the liver.

SHBG is not a useful test, however, if a woman is taking oral estrogen replacement therapy, because this estrogen will artificially elevate SHBG due to high estrogen levels in the liver.

Additional lowering of free testosterone levels was associated independently with oral estrogen replacement and low body mass index.

Not exact matches

Study participants were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups for six months: (1) oral estradiol and progesterone at a dose similar to that in many birth control pills (16 participants); (2) transdermal estradiol, better known as the estrogen patch, at a physiological replacement dose with cyclic progesterone (13 athletes); or (3) no estrogen (19 subjects).

While oral medications are still an option, we've found topicals (gels and creams) to be the most effective for estrogen and progesterone replacement, and injections are best for administering consistent doses of supplemental testosterone.

Description: Many oral contraceptives (birth control) and post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy products contain estrogen.

Comparison of transdermal and oral estrogen - progestin replacement therapy: effects on cardiovascular risk factors.

Increases in bone mineral density in response to oral dehydroepiandrosterone replacement in older adults appear to be mediated by serum estrogens..

Differential effects of oral and transdermal postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapies on C - reactive protein.

One also sees this in women who are pregnant, on oral contraceptive pills or estrogen replacement therapy and in folic acid deficient individuals.

Oral estrogens, such as those taken for birth control or hormone replacement therapy, cause an increase in thyroxine - binding globulin (TBG).

Premarin (the synthetic form of estrogen, formulated from the urine of pregnant horses) and Provera (the synthetic form of progesterone, used for oral contraception, which is counterintuitive as natural progesterone is required for conception) are the most commonly used elements in hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

Oral estrogen will increase triglycerides in APOE2 individuals; trans - dermal estrogen replacement therapy may be safer for APOE2 women.

For that same reason, women who naturally have predominantly higher levels of estrogen, or have taken oral contraceptives or pharmaceutical hormone replacement for extended periods of time, also have an increased risk.