Hormone therapy - article
What Is Hormone Therapy? All You Need To Know
Hormone Therapy utilizes prescription drugs to balance hormonal levels. The desired effect
can vary from treating cancer to dealing with menopausal symptoms.
In today’s post we’re going to take a closer look at a highly sought-after question - what is hormone
therapy?. Before we move on, it’s important to mention that according to The North American
Menopause Society, HT is still the most effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms and the
genitourinary syndrome of menopause.
On top of that, hormone therapy has also been shown to prevent bone loss. Sure, many will disagree
by listing some of the side effects associated with HT, but we’ll get to that in a moment.
First and foremost, let’s focus on explaining what it actually is.
What Is Hormone Replacement Therapy?
As the name suggests, HRT is a form of treatment that aims to balance hormonal levels (estrogen for
example), by giving to the body more of what it needs. Or in other words, this synthetic therapy is used
to add, block or remove hormones from the body.
These hormones serve as the body’s chemical messengers and they are produced in our endocrine
glands - like the thyroid, pancreas plus the ovaries in women and the testicles in men...