For most women, being well informed about health and wellness is becoming increasingly important. It’s common knowledge that women are far better at visiting their doctors than men and in general, take better care of themselves. However, when it comes to a hormone imbalance or deficiency and preparing for menopause, many women don’t know where to begin. They just know that they are beginning to gain excessive weight, experience hot flashes, bouts of insomnia, loss of sexual desire, anxiety, drier skin and hair.
Here at RMS, Dr. Raju specializes only in NATURAL BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE THERAPY. The inevitable decline in hormones does not have to be part of “normal aging”. Standard HRT protocols involving synthetic hormone cause more problems then they are worth. Many women diagnosed with depression, low sex drive, weight gain, hot flashes and many menopausal symptoms do better with Bioidentical hormone therapy instead.
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Natural hormone replacement works exceedingly well for many women and bioidentical hormones are produced in a manner that are exactly like the same hormones present in your body. A hormone therapy program is tailored to your own body to address the symptoms of a hormone imbalance or deficiency.
Bioidentical hormone therapy, otherwise known as “natural hormone replacement therapy”, is safe, effective and tend to have less side effect than that caused by synthetic hormones. Synthetic hormones like Premarin™, Prempro™, Provera™ and Estratab™ are not bio-identical compared to human hormones. For example, Premarin™ is from a pregnant mare’s urine and contains hormones found only in horses, it is therefore not natural or identical to the human body.
The great appeal of Bioidentical Hormones is that they are natural and our bodies can better metabolize them as it was designed to do, minimizing side effects. On the other hand, Synthetic horse-derived hormones are chemically altered compounds that are quite strong, are not identical to the human body and often produce side effects. The natural, compounded bio-identical hormone medications can be matched individually to each woman’s needs — something that’s impossible with mass-produced synthetic hormones.
