Written by Mark Newman, President of Precision Analytical, Inc. In this blog, you will see the data that has led us to the following conclusions about monitoring transdermal estrogen: Serum and urine (DUTCH) testing can be used to monitor transdermal creams and gels. Clinical parameters tested in the research (bone loss, vasomotor symptoms, FSH suppression)… Read More »
January Webinar Recording: Pellet Hormone Therapy – a Primer for Clinicians
Webinar Recording: Pellet Hormone Therapy – a Primer for Clinicians James Mirabile, MD, FACOG, Medical Director at SottoPelle, presents an hour-long webinar on pellet hormone therapy basics and how it can revitalize your practice. Listen to/watch the recording below and download the slides by clicking here! Topics Covered: General questions to help identify HRT candidates… Read More »
PODCAST: Common Concurrent Issues Alongside BHRT
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice In this 15-minute podcast, Jim Paoletti discusses common concurrent issues that you may encounter in BHRT patients, from a Functional Medicine perspective. Click the arrow below to listen… Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARFM, FIACP, is the Director of Education at Power2Practice and… Read More »
The Truths of Testosterone Restoration Therapy in Females
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice There appears to be many assumptions, questions and concerns surrounding the use of testosterone therapy in women. It has been written that testosterone is a male hormone, that its only benefit to women is to increase sex drive, and that testosterone therapy will result… Read More »
PODCAST: Integrative Approach to PMS
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice Over 140 symptoms have been associated with PMS. Bloating, periodic weight gain, breast tenderness, fatigue, acne, and cognitive and emotional changes are some of the most commonly reported. Estrogen dominance and inflammation are two of the most common triggers for PMS symptoms. In this 10-minute… Read More »
Continuous Bleeding & The Progesterone Challenge
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice Continuous menstrual flow is a problem that you may encounter with some peri-menopausal patients. It results from too much proliferation from the action of estrogen on the uterus, compared to a lack of action by progesterone. Common causes are low progesterone production, high estrogen… Read More »
Converting Patients to BHRT from Conventional Therapies
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP Determining dosages and managing symptoms in patients who want to covert from conventional therapies to bioidentical therapy can be one of the most difficult challenges facing the BHRT practitioner. Conventional therapies and dosages provide too much hormone, even if the manufactured product being used contains bioidentical hormone rather… Read More »
PODCAST: Clinical Considerations for Topical Hormones
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice In this 11-minute in-depth podcast, hormone therapy expert, Jim Paoletti, talks about administration of topical hormones, including how to choose the site of application, unique pharmacokinetic considerations, and the best testing methods to use. Click the arrow below to listen… This Podcast is Brought to You by… Read More »
PODCAST: Interactions Between Estrogen & Progesterone
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice In this 5-minute podcast, hormone therapy expert, Jim Paoletti, talks (in-depth) about the interactions between estrogen and progesterone and suggests a great textbook for reference. Click the arrow below to listen… Jim Paoletti will be a featured presenter at a two-day workshop focused on BHRT… Read More »
PODCAST: Functional Hormone Balance
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice In this 30-minute podcast, Jim Paoletti talks about functional hormone balance by addressing the symptoms of hormone imbalance, including the factors that affect hormones, from a Functional Medicine perspective. Click the arrow below to listen… Jim Paoletti will be a featured presenter… Read More »
PODCAST: High Cortisol Interactions
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice Cortisol is the chief disruptor of the endocrine system, because it affects production and/or function of every other endocrine hormone. Chronic stress causes multiple metabolic issues such as advanced aging and multiple disease states. In this podcast, Jim Paoletti talks about the effects of chronic high cortisol… Read More »
She Needs Progesterone, Uterus or Not!
By Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARFM, FIACP, Director of Education at Power2Practice I’m often asked if it is true that a woman does not need progesterone if her uterus has been removed. It’s my understanding that this philosophy is commonly taught in medical schools, which is hard to conceive. It’s also hard to conceive that a large number… Read More »