Many Men in their 30’s and 40’s begin to suffer from a decline in testosterone levels. In fact, your T levels begin to drop as early as your 20s.
With Testosterone Replacement Therapy, men and women are able to balance their hormone levels and optimize the synergy within their bodies. Once hormone levels are optimized, people begin to see an increase in energy, performance, libido and all sorts of exciting improvements. It even helps with your sleep, recovery time from exercising and clearer skin.
Historically, anyone who has been in the hormone game knows many men are quickly prescribed and put on TRT programs based on their bloodwork. If their T levels are low, it is pretty cut and dry that a properly regimented testosterone replacement therapy program can be of great aid to how they feel. But lately, even women have been put on testosterone programs to help balance their hormones relative to their estrogen levels.
Dr. Judi Goldstone and staff are ready to assist you in your journey to regain peak health and reclaim your life. After a comprehensive review of your symptoms, a thorough physical exam and laboratory analysis, Dr. Goldstone can help determine if Bioidentical Hormone Therapy is right for you.
Preserving and improving your health is worth every possible effort. Dismissing treatable symptoms not only detracts from the quality of your life, but it can greatly impact your general health.
There is confusion over exactly what Bioidentical Hormones are and their use and effect on the body. Bioidentical Hormones are chemically and functionally identical to human hormones and are derived from plants, such as yam or soy. The body has the necessary enzymes to break down and metabolize these hormones.
Bioidentical Hormones are designed to produce the same responses in the body as hormones made by the human body. Restoring and balancing hormones with Bioidentical Hormones is an individualized approach to hormone replacement. Bioidentical Hormones are custom-made for each patient at special pharmacies and are available only by physician prescription.
Refuting the recent onslaught of media articles that claim the use of testosterone increases the risk of heart disease.
In recent years, an increasing number of men have been treated with testosterone for a variety of ailments. There has been growing concern among researchers (based on scientific studies) however, that the use of testosterone may increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. The results of a US study recently published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy now want to dispel those concerns.
Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston carried out an eight-year study involving 25,420 over 66-year-olds who were treated with testosterone. During the study period, each subject’s medical development was compared with that of a control group, which involved participants of the same age, and ethnicity and with the same health data. The results of the study showed that the use of testosterone was not related to an increased risk of heart attack. Quite the opposite in fact: men who had a higher likelihood of cardiovascular problems, due to other factors, had a lower rate of heart problems.
“This is a rigorous analysis of a large number of patients,” emphasized study author Jacques Baillargeon. While this study provides evidence that the use of testosterone may not be linked to harmful cardiovascular diseases, further large-scale studies will be important in the future to provide more definitive evidence.
Testosterone has not been shown to cause prostate cancer. It is the elevated level of estrogen compared to testosterone that is a risk factor for both prostate enlargement and prostate cancer. Restoration and optimization with bioidentical testosterone during andropause can relieve many of the above-mentioned deficiency symptoms and considerably improve the quality of life in men. Bio-identical testosterone can also reduce the severity of coronary heart disease, osteoporosis and diabetes. Because hormone needs differ from person to person a “one size fits all” approach will not work.
At The Anti-Aging Center at Make You Well, testosterone therapy for men is customized and based on symptoms, a physical exam and hormone test results. Call (424) 374-2800 to schedule your free 15-minute consultation in person or by phone.
