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Anyone try bioidentical hormones to combat/treat osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 29 12:02am | Replies (97)Comment receiving replies
Yes, it would be nice to be able to self adjust the dose! My doc is not and endocrinologist or a functional medicine doctor. She's a family practice doctor with a long time OP speciality. I see the limitations in this. I did a lot of diagnostic blood testing, but it didn't include sex hormones. She just prescribed HRT, at my request, with the tested therapeutic dose of .05 estradiol patch plus micronized progesterone by mouth. If it works out, it's definitely a simple and inexpensive approach...
I'll hear back from her next week.
I'm still hoping the tenderness resolves as my body adjusts (seems a little less today) and that it helps to stop bone loss. Thanks again for your DIM tip. Still reading about it and considering.
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The DIM is supposed to clear the estrogen. I don’t know exactly what that means but ask your doctor. My endocrinologist wouldn’t prescribe the hormones. He just works with bones or wants to work with the bones and my primary care. Doctor didn’t feel confident with dosing so I’m glad that I went to a hormone Doctor Who deals with the dosing since I’ve done this before, it was pretty important to get the dose right. When I started I had no hormones and we worked for a year to find the dose. Did the dose for 10 years and went off it for 10 years and now that I’m back I’m basically doing the same dose that I was because I don’t have any hormones to speak of. I’m sure you’ll get it sorted out with the change or the DIM.