What is Hormone Pellet Therapy? North Dakota
Hormone Pellet Therapy places small, time release pellets of bio-identical hormones in the fat under your skin to be absorbed. The hormones in the pellets are bioidentical, meaning it is the exact molecular match of the human hormone. The process is quick and painless, like having your blood drawn. A small amount of local anesthesia is used to numb the skin before a small tube pushes the pellet into place, and is easily performed in the office.
The pellets are derived from natural plant sources and dissolve completely over a 3-6 month period in order to replicate the body’s optimal hormone levels. A compounding pharmacy, following the strict federal guidelines, compresses, heats, and sterilizes testosterone powder to make the pellets. Once placed in the fatty tissue underneath the skin, the rice-sized pellets most closely mimic the actions of healthy ovaries and testicles with regards to testosterone release in the bloodstream.
Because the pellets contain only ingredients naturally found in the human body, Pellet Therapy is ideal for patients wanting the benefits of human hormone therapy to replace a deficiency and enhance health and performance, without the drawbacks of synthetic non-human ingredients.
Symptoms that may benefit from Bio-Identical Pellet Therapy include:
Anxiety, Irritability, Loss of Energy, Poor Focus, Decreased Sexual Desire, High Cholesterol, Weight Gain Despite Exercise, Loss of Memory, Cardiac Dysfunction, Depression, Poor Concentration, Loss of Muscle Mass, Menopausal Symptoms, Inflammation Issues
Benefits of Hormone Pellet Therapy
A 40-year-old woman has less than half the testosterone she did at 21. This drop has enormous implications for her health, well-being, and physical resilience.
Most testosterone is made by the ovaries with the rest of it being made in the adrenal glands. Women are more sensitive to testosterone than men. In other words, they need a lower circulating level in their bodies to provide for their physical, emotional, and neurological health. This increased sensitivity leads to a rapid development of problems when a comparatively small drop in available testosterone occurs.
Few realize that even at her reproductive peak, a woman has far more testosterone in her circulation than estrogen. A small reduction in testosterone levels creates the symptoms we call menopause: including a drop in muscle mass and bone density, increased body fat (especially inside the abdomen), higher levels of inflammations, decreased energy, mood balance, and temperature regulation issues that adversely affect many aspects of life.
Men will typically lose 1 to 2 % of their testosterone level every year starting at age 19. Acceleration of this drop can occur from stress or taking opiate pain relievers (which can drop the testosterone levels up to 80% within 2 hours).
The biggest factor in older men’s ability to survive and ambulate in a rehabilitation unit was found to be their testosterone level.
A human’s anti-inflammatory, emotional, and physiologic health (including heart and muscle function) is critically dependent upon a steady supply of testosterone. Low testosterone is clearly linked to higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, prostate cancer, depression, intra-abdominal fat, death, inflammations, and increased pain sensitivity.
The estrogen inside the cells that is responsible for the bone, nerve, and tissue repair in both sexes is created from the testosterone that has been transported inside these cells.
Testosterone does not make one angry or violent. Quite the opposite. Testosterone has been shown to increase “friendliness” by decreasing irritability, anger, sadness, nervousness, and tiredness. Nor is there any scientifically valid evidence showing testosterone increased the risk of heart disease or death. In fact, years of solid research has led many experts to believe that testosterone is protective of the cardiovascular system, prostate, and breast.
Testosterone therapy side effects are uncommon, mild, and manageable. Those most common side effects are increased facial or body hair, a mild acne outbreak, or an overly increased libido. Should they occur, these side effects are temporary and resolve upon decreasing the dosage.
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The average 45-year-old man in 2006 had 30% less testosterone than a 45-year-old man in 1986. Women in the lowest 1/3 of testosterone levels have greatly increased mortality and disease rates, as do men. It is almost certain that the same environmental factors that dramatically lowered male testosterone levels have also lowered female levels. Furthermore, except for their reproductive organs, males and females are physiologically identical. Men and women are equally dependent for health upon a steady supply of testosterone and the resultant intracellular estrogen and other compounds that are made from testosterone in both sexes.
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