Progress Your Health Podcast

In this episode, we respond to Karen.  Karen read an article of ours on BHRT and sent these concerns about her menopause and hormone dosages.  We love Karen's question because it shows how technical BHRT can be. As you will see from Karen's question, there are multiple aspects to consider when treating a woman with hormones.   Karen’s Concerns:  Her symptoms of weight gain, hot flashes, and night sweats  The many avenues of dosing such as estradiol patches, hormones creams and the combination of taking progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone. What ratio of estradiol to estriol she should be taking. And even if she should bypass the static hormone dosing and take a rhythmic dosing schedule. Lab testing and what her levels may or may not be telling us. If she can apply estriol vaginally If estriol or some of these hormones are by prescription only Not to mention, understandably she is concerned about the risks of estrogen without sufficient progesterone. Karen's Question: I am struggling to