Are you ready to ditch
your hormones?

Are you over the symptoms of peri-menopause, or have symptoms after menopause that have just not gone away? Are you ready to find answers……..

 

Hormone Replacement Therapy……. is it right for me?

 

Are your symptoms of peri-menopause getting you down?  or you are now in menopause and those symptoms just never went away? This can be a time when we start to consider our options. Maybe your doctor or a friend has suggested you try HRT but you are not sure…….

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) was once routinely used to treat menopausal symptoms and protect long-term health. Then the Woman’s Health Initiative (WHI) published in 2002 created much controversy around the use of HRT. 

WHI study reviewed woman who were treated with synthetic estrogen only therapy, using a product called Premarin, which is a product that was derived from pregnant horse urine, a product that contained ingredients foreign to the human body. The study found woman on this drug had increased health risks. Since then many other studies have been carried out, and use of hormones has been altered to use progesterone along with estrogen so that estrogen does not go unopposed, in woman with a uterus.  Now we also have the choice of using Bio-identical Hormones, which is designed to be much more aligned to human hormones, as opposed to Synthetic Hormone Replacement Therapy.

The Reset Lab favours a combined approach

  • We review your full health history, carry out  function medicine testing and provide personalised treatment programs to specifically reset underlying health and hormone imbalances, in most cases this can correct many symptoms.
  • We ensure your adrenal health is functioning well. I like to call your adrenals your hormone back up operating system, as you production of hormones in your ovaries reduces significantly during the menopause transition, your production of hormones from your adrenals steps in and buffers this process, along with a good nutrition plan that includes some good quality phytoestrogens, while decreasing your load of Xenoestrogens (toxins) This may be all you need to get you back on track.
  • We can also design a herbal remedy program to help support your lowering hormones, and the symptoms these can create. Menopause is a natural process, we are taken back to a hormone production similar to before puberty, our body knows what to do, we just need to support ourselves through this transition and reset our health for our future. 
  • If HRT is necessary, we can design a formula for you and work together with your GP to provide the best solutions, using Bio-identical Hormones. We recommend that this is just a short term approach, not more than 5 years. When you are taking bio-identical hormones, your body says, thanks a lot I will take a holiday, then when we decide to come off the prescribed hormones, our body is like, of you want me to go back into production, might take me a while. So we like to view this strategy more of a last resort
  • Should you choose to use a Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy program,  we will provide support for your health alongside and work on restoring your body systems so you have the great health when you decide to ease off this therapy.

 

Herbal Medicine

Herbal remedies can be a very effective alternative to HRT. You may want to explore this avenue as your first option.Research has found that black cohosh has equal benefits to HRT in the treatment of peri-menopausal symptoms such as vasomotor symptoms, insomnia, bone metabolism, hot flushes, nervousness and depression – perhaps due to serotonergic and dopaminergic effects, as well as vaginal thinning and drying. A study investigating a black cohosh and St Johns wort combination had measurable benefits for improved concentration, mood and hot flushes.

                           

Functional Medicine Testing

Are you estrogen dominant? …..Are you low in testosterone?….Have you got PCOS from years of being on the Oral Contraceptive pill?

Using the Dutch testing we are able to see your full hormone cascade and how best to optimise your treatment, we can also view your estrogen detoxification and ensure this is not building up in your system. Using the Dutch test we are able to help make informed choices as to how best to balance your hormones. Correcting these underlying imbalances can sometimes mean there is no need for using HRT. 

                                                                     

What about safety?

Many studies have shown that HRT is better and safer delivered for a short term solution, so the best outcome is to reset underlying health imbalances, so your body can correct itself. 

All Hormone Replacement Therapy comes with some risk, and this is why we recommend close monitoring with your GP. Here are some interesting articles to read on the use of hormones;

https://www.holtorfmed.com/the-bioidentical-hormone-debate-are-bioidentical-hormones-estradiol-estriol-and-progesterone-safer-or-more-efficacious-than-commonly-used-synthetic-versions-in-hormone-replacement-therapy/

The Effects of Compounded Boidentical Transdermal Hormone Therapy on Haemostatic, Inflammatory, Immune Factors; Cardiovascular Biomarkers; Quality of Life Measures; and Health Outcomes in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women by Dr Kenna Stephenson MD, FAAFP et al.

References:

Bone, K. (2007). The Ultimate Herbal Compendium. Queensland, Australia: Phytotherapy press.

Fisher, C. (2009). Materia Medica of Western Herbs. Auckland, New Zealand: Painter.

Take The First Step On Your Journey Back To Health

Maybe you have some questions you’d like to ask before you make a decision on becoming a patient. Our client coordinator is standing by, happy to answer any questions you have to see whether or not Reset Lab is right for you.