but hey are you ready to start feeling
your best are you suffering from
anything from say mood swings to weight
gain home hormone therapy may change
your life for the better and dr. Wendi
asked you it from the dr. Roger Center
is here today good afternoon good seeing
you hi great to see you again we are
talking about bioidentical hormone
replacement yes we are you phrase what
does that mean in English a lot of
syllables it means that we're using
hormones that are structurally identical
to the hormones that our bodies produce
when were younger and so that means that
they fit like a key into a lock to cause
the cells to do an action so they're
what our body's used to produce in
greater quantities because there are
synthetic hormones yes and those can be
a little bit not good for you right
those are the risky ones smoking quite
honestly the synthetic progestin family
is the family that is the cause of
increased risk of breast cancer all the
research and studies have confirmed that
they keep confirming it again and again
that one's really do it be avoided for a
long-term use but these since they are
identical to what your own body produces
there's no problem like you said it's
the key that fits in a lock perfectly
nothing's risk-free but for a lot of
patients this will give symptom relief
and help us age more healthfully when
women are moving into menopause some
tend to you know go I'm not I'm not you
know doing this I don't need hormone
therapy when should they start it as
soon as they start feeling symptomatic
the safest and best time to confer the
health protections with your hormone
replacement is right when you go into
menopause if you start feeling symptoms
can't sleep grouchy like you said
younger you might have perimenopause but
it's safer and better to start on your
hormones right as you start to
experience your hormone decline because
that's when it has the best safety
profile and the best health benefits so
that can help with the hot flashes and
even something more involved or like
osteoporosis arthritis things like that
osteoporosis is one of the things that
responds so beautifully to hormone
replacement therapy hormones can
actually cause patients who've lost bone
density on their DEXA scans their bone
density screens they can grow seven to
ten percent stronger bones in one year
with some of the stronger forms of
natural hormone replacement so if you
start it earlier is it kind of like the
ounce of prevention absolutely that's a
great analogy
you're not having to make up for lost
ground down the road yes mm-hmm
how about for the guys for men it's
super important two men are at risk for
osteoporosis but men also start to
experience the symptoms as well maybe
they get grouchy maybe they start to
have some pooch around the middle maybe
they're more tired and they never feel
motivated to do things and a lot of the
time testosterone replacement may help
them feel a lot better but again it all
gets back to helping us age as
healthfully as possible and decrease our
risks for Alzheimer's for heart disease
for fractures to keep us on our best
metabolic health shows we age hormones
can help you with your your brain tons
of controversy but all of the evidence
appears to show that natural hormones
decrease our risks for Alzheimer's and
dementia so if you need hormone
replacements what is it a shot is it a
pill how does it all of the above once
we check your levels and we monitor them
regularly you can do a cream you can do
a sublingual tablet you can do
combinations of shots patches a pill
that you swallow at bedtime pellet
therapy is a nice form of long-acting
therapy once you've tried it and like
how you feel these little pellets that
look like a tic-tac can be implanted
into the fatty tissue that little thing
right in there that little thing and it
can last for up to six months for men
giving them symptom relief and three to
four months for women so you don't have
to worry about the daily did I take my
pill today did I use the cream today
exactly and it's just a simple kind of
outpatient procedure right it's a
ten-minute procedure in the off oh
really that short time yeah okay and you
have a special today as well yes we're
running a special call for details but
for patients who come to receive their
first pellet therapy with us at our
office or giving away free Botox and
we're offering discounted rates to our
patients who come in for their regular
patients regular pellets this month okay
and if you again if you're feeling like
you're a woman going into menopause work
for guys if you know it's just like okay
good there's no harm in getting tested
right no harm at all and the life you
save may be your own
I tell patients all day long I can't
guarantee that this is gonna make you
feel like a 20 year old but for a lot of
us it's the best thing since canned beer
[Laughter]
and if that doesn't sell you on it I
don't know what will we thank you very
much and again for more information on
the dr. Rogers centers go to dr. Rogers
centers dot-com or call them at 210 four
nine five 2117