@gravity3 I'm not familiar with pallets. Fom what I read they are not FDA approved yet. Any compounded meds are not likely because of variations among batches or makers. My cardiologist, the one specializes women's heart health, advises against using testosterone for heart reason as I have a mild cad (cac score 38) already due to past lifestyle not genetics. Both cardiologists have strict criteria for me to follow, which I had been for past 2-3 years and they are happy with my labs and tests. The common prescribing protocol (not by a functional doc) nowadays appears to be a transdermal estrogen(E2) patch plus micronized progesterone if one still has a uterus. I'm finishing reading up "estrogen matters" by Bluming and some papers before meeting up with a specialist. Will see what she has to say about HRT.