 | Affordable pay-as-you-go bioidentical hormone replacement and optimization for women and men | |
| Serving Northeastern Pennsylvania and nearby areas of New York and New Jersey | |
| Close to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | |
| Follow-ups by phone and e-mail | |
| Long Distance and International Clients--May do initial phone consultation, office visit required for treatment | |
Hormones are the most powerful molecules in our bodies, controlling the function, growth reproduction, metabolism, and repair of
every cell. Our bodies require optimal hormone levels, just as they require optimal levels of essential vitanutrients: vitamins,
fats, amino acids, and minerals. Our hormone levels generally are optimal in our youthful years--our early twenties--but then the
levels of several important hormones begin to fall soon afterwards and continue to decline with increasing age. Hormone levels
decline because our glands and the parts of our brain that control our glands deteriorate with age. This age-related
hormone loss is pre-programmed. It is natural, but it is not good for us. It is one of mechanisms of aging--our euphemism for the
destructive process by which Nature causes our deterioration and death.
Insufficient hormone levels have been shown to contribute to many of the disorders and diseases that we suffer as we age--
diabetes, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, fatigue, loss of muscle strength, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, cognitive
decline, increased cholesterol levels, blood clots, increased belly fat, loss of libido, depression, and some cancers. Many persons
have worse hormone insufficiencies or imbalances due to more severe hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction, endocrine gland
failure, hormone resistance, and metabolic disorders. Women are especially affected by hormonal disorders because their
complex hormonal system is adapted to produce and feed babies; not to optimize their vitality as it is in men. Women lose vital
hormones in perimenopause and menopause. They have a much higher incidence of cortisol deficiency than men (fatigue,
aches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, hypoglycemia, low blood pressure, PMDD, allergies, and autoimmune diseases). They also
have more thyroid insufficiency than men do (fatigue, aches, cold hands and feet, dry skin, constipation). Women are being
very poorly served by the prevailing carelessness towards diagnosing and treating hormone deficiencies.
Conventional endocrinology grossly underestimates the importance of optimal hormone levels. It remains disease-
oriented--recognizing and treating only those severe hormonal deficiencies caused by some identifiable disease, and providing
only enough hormone replacement to "normalize" certain tests. Doctors have fallen into the lazy, irresponsible practice of
"Reference Range Endocrinology". They accept any hormone level anywhere within the laboratory's reference range as
"normal", even though that range is just a population statistic that includes 95% of an unscreened group of "apparently healthy"
adults. Thyroid hormone reference ranges are even contaminated with TSH-normal sick patients! Reference Range
Endocrinology causes physicians to ignore the patient's symptoms and all other scientific knowledge about hormones!
Endocrinologists also rely on inappropriate and/or insensitive tests, like the TSH level to detect and treat thyroid deficiency, or the
ACTH stimulation test to "rule out" adrenal insufficiency. These tests fail to diagnose partial central hormone deficiencies--
inadequate TSH and ACTH production caused by hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction. These are far more common than failure of
the thyroid or adrenal glands. Physicians are taught that they should treat hypothyroidism by giving enough levothyroxine to
"normalize" the TSH level, a practice that has been repeatedly shown to be inadequate. Therefore, most persons with suboptimal
thyroid levels/effects are undiagnosed, and those who are diagnosed are undertreated. Their persisting hypothyroid symptoms
are blamed on depression, "chronic fatigue", "fibromyalgia", or hypochondria. This illogical TSH-based thyroidology is a gross
error, second only to the profession's inability to diagnose or properly treat cortisol deficiency.
Extensive pharmaceutical corporation influence in medicine downplays the importance of hormones, encourages doctors to
prescribe drugs for every symptom, and encourages the use of patented hormone-like drugs ("steroids", estrogens, progestins,
etc.) instead of the correct, bio-identical molecules. As a result, endocrinology is dominated by hormone myths. Since these
pharmaceutical hormone substitutes have caused serious diseases and disorders, physicians believe that restoring hormones in
any way is dangerous. However, the evidence indicates that restoring bioidentical hormones by the correct route, and in
correct balance with other hormones, provides all the natural benefits of the hormones without the risks that occur with
pharmaceutical hormone substitutes and approaches. For instance, transdermal estradiol does not increase the risks of
blood clots and strokes like oral estrogen tablets do. Progesterone protects against breast cancer, whereas many
progesterone-substitutes (progestins) promote breast cancer. Cortisol restoration, accompanied by DHEA, does not have the
long term negative effects of "steroids" like prednisone and Medrol. Bioidentical hormones literally have no "side effects"! For
certain, even bioidentical hormone replacement can cause problems when given in the wrong way, in excessive doses, or without
proper balance with other hormones. However, the fact that something can be done wrong does not mean that it can't be done
right.
We need new paradigm in endocrinology; physicians must learn to practice "Restorative Endocrinology". There is
abundant evidence of the benefits of higher, rather than lower hormone levels within the broad population ranges. A large portion
of their patients are now suffering from various symptoms and from deteriorating health due to inadequate hormone levels and
effects. Millions of women diagnosed as having depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue, and fibromyalgia actually have
undiagnosed or undertreated thyroid, cortisol, sex hormone, Vitamin D, and/or iron deficiencies. The progressive
physician must become adept at recognizing partial, functional, and age-related hormone deficiencies and at optimizing hormone
levels and effects for every patient--this should be the foundation of good medical practice. It's really just common sense:
Medical practice, which is now essentially a pharmaceutical disease-drug scheme, should be based upon an entirely different
conceptual foundation--that of detecting the bio-molecular causes of symptoms and disorders, and fixing the problem by
optimizing the amounts and balance of the important molecules that are innate to the body--among them hormones and
vitanutrients. Physicians would then understand that:
every cell. Our bodies require optimal hormone levels, just as they require optimal levels of essential vitanutrients: vitamins,
fats, amino acids, and minerals. Our hormone levels generally are optimal in our youthful years--our early twenties--but then the
levels of several important hormones begin to fall soon afterwards and continue to decline with increasing age. Hormone levels
decline because our glands and the parts of our brain that control our glands deteriorate with age. This age-related
hormone loss is pre-programmed. It is natural, but it is not good for us. It is one of mechanisms of aging--our euphemism for the
destructive process by which Nature causes our deterioration and death.
Insufficient hormone levels have been shown to contribute to many of the disorders and diseases that we suffer as we age--
diabetes, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, fatigue, loss of muscle strength, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, cognitive
decline, increased cholesterol levels, blood clots, increased belly fat, loss of libido, depression, and some cancers. Many persons
have worse hormone insufficiencies or imbalances due to more severe hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction, endocrine gland
failure, hormone resistance, and metabolic disorders. Women are especially affected by hormonal disorders because their
complex hormonal system is adapted to produce and feed babies; not to optimize their vitality as it is in men. Women lose vital
hormones in perimenopause and menopause. They have a much higher incidence of cortisol deficiency than men (fatigue,
aches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, hypoglycemia, low blood pressure, PMDD, allergies, and autoimmune diseases). They also
have more thyroid insufficiency than men do (fatigue, aches, cold hands and feet, dry skin, constipation). Women are being
very poorly served by the prevailing carelessness towards diagnosing and treating hormone deficiencies.
Conventional endocrinology grossly underestimates the importance of optimal hormone levels. It remains disease-
oriented--recognizing and treating only those severe hormonal deficiencies caused by some identifiable disease, and providing
only enough hormone replacement to "normalize" certain tests. Doctors have fallen into the lazy, irresponsible practice of
"Reference Range Endocrinology". They accept any hormone level anywhere within the laboratory's reference range as
"normal", even though that range is just a population statistic that includes 95% of an unscreened group of "apparently healthy"
adults. Thyroid hormone reference ranges are even contaminated with TSH-normal sick patients! Reference Range
Endocrinology causes physicians to ignore the patient's symptoms and all other scientific knowledge about hormones!
Endocrinologists also rely on inappropriate and/or insensitive tests, like the TSH level to detect and treat thyroid deficiency, or the
ACTH stimulation test to "rule out" adrenal insufficiency. These tests fail to diagnose partial central hormone deficiencies--
inadequate TSH and ACTH production caused by hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction. These are far more common than failure of
the thyroid or adrenal glands. Physicians are taught that they should treat hypothyroidism by giving enough levothyroxine to
"normalize" the TSH level, a practice that has been repeatedly shown to be inadequate. Therefore, most persons with suboptimal
thyroid levels/effects are undiagnosed, and those who are diagnosed are undertreated. Their persisting hypothyroid symptoms
are blamed on depression, "chronic fatigue", "fibromyalgia", or hypochondria. This illogical TSH-based thyroidology is a gross
error, second only to the profession's inability to diagnose or properly treat cortisol deficiency.
Extensive pharmaceutical corporation influence in medicine downplays the importance of hormones, encourages doctors to
prescribe drugs for every symptom, and encourages the use of patented hormone-like drugs ("steroids", estrogens, progestins,
etc.) instead of the correct, bio-identical molecules. As a result, endocrinology is dominated by hormone myths. Since these
pharmaceutical hormone substitutes have caused serious diseases and disorders, physicians believe that restoring hormones in
any way is dangerous. However, the evidence indicates that restoring bioidentical hormones by the correct route, and in
correct balance with other hormones, provides all the natural benefits of the hormones without the risks that occur with
pharmaceutical hormone substitutes and approaches. For instance, transdermal estradiol does not increase the risks of
blood clots and strokes like oral estrogen tablets do. Progesterone protects against breast cancer, whereas many
progesterone-substitutes (progestins) promote breast cancer. Cortisol restoration, accompanied by DHEA, does not have the
long term negative effects of "steroids" like prednisone and Medrol. Bioidentical hormones literally have no "side effects"! For
certain, even bioidentical hormone replacement can cause problems when given in the wrong way, in excessive doses, or without
proper balance with other hormones. However, the fact that something can be done wrong does not mean that it can't be done
right.
We need new paradigm in endocrinology; physicians must learn to practice "Restorative Endocrinology". There is
abundant evidence of the benefits of higher, rather than lower hormone levels within the broad population ranges. A large portion
of their patients are now suffering from various symptoms and from deteriorating health due to inadequate hormone levels and
effects. Millions of women diagnosed as having depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue, and fibromyalgia actually have
undiagnosed or undertreated thyroid, cortisol, sex hormone, Vitamin D, and/or iron deficiencies. The progressive
physician must become adept at recognizing partial, functional, and age-related hormone deficiencies and at optimizing hormone
levels and effects for every patient--this should be the foundation of good medical practice. It's really just common sense:
- Aging is Nature's way of killing us.
- The loss of hormones with aging hastens our deterioration and death.
- Optimal hormone levels are vital to our health and vitality.
- The disorders and diseases caused by partial hormone deficiencies are well-known and serious.
- Balanced bioidentical hormone optimization prevents and treats these disorders and improves quality of life.
- The scientific evidence indicates that balanced hormone restoration improves health and quality of life and
does not cause harm.
Medical practice, which is now essentially a pharmaceutical disease-drug scheme, should be based upon an entirely different
conceptual foundation--that of detecting the bio-molecular causes of symptoms and disorders, and fixing the problem by
optimizing the amounts and balance of the important molecules that are innate to the body--among them hormones and
vitanutrients. Physicians would then understand that:
- Restoring optimal hormone levels is essential preventative medicine.
- Restoring optimal hormone levels is essential to the treatment of all diseases.
- Restoring optimal hormone levels is essential to our Quality of Life!
Hormone Restoration for
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