POST-MENOPAUSAL HORMONE PANELS

Menopause means the cessation of the monthly menstrual cycle and signals the end of a woman’s natural childbearing years. This transition produces a variety of bodily manifestations and symptoms.

Hormone levels should be sufficient and balanced but their levels vary from woman to woman from 200 to 1,500%. The right balance of sex hormones is of paramount importance. Too much or too little is not assuring the long term emotional, mental or bodily health. Many women need only one hormone, while others require a few different ones. Menopausal hormonal panels allow customizing natural hormone dosing to meet individual needs and optimize hormone levels for a minimum dose to relieve symptoms and achieve appropriate levels to increase sense of well being.

Saliva testing reflects the tissue concentration of your hormones. Blood contains total (bounded, biologically ineffective) hormones, but the tissues contain the active and effective fractions of hormones (as found in saliva), and their measurements in saliva are superior, more affordable and less expensive to measurements in blood. This aids in both diagnosis and treatment. Results can lead to an individualized and customized treatment plan using bio-identical hormones. One can minimize overdosing and underdosing. This will insure the use of proper hormones in the appropriate amounts.

On the other hand, arbitrarily given hormones, usually given in fixed dosages, may deal with the symptoms, but may pose other serious health risks.

With salivary hormone testing guesswork belongs to the past.