BHRT


Solutions for WOMEN
Multiple methods of hormone replacement therapy are available for women–including pellets, oral capsules, topical creams and patches, and injections. Find the combination that works for you, and achieve balance and renewal.

Solutions for MEN
Testosterone levels in men are declining at an alarming rate, leaving guys feeling sluggish and noticing diminishing returns in the gym.
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Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
As we age, our bodies naturally begin producing fewer of the hormones that keep us feeling energized, balanced, and like ourselves. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, or BHRT, is a treatment designed to restore those declining hormone levels using hormones that are molecularly identical to the ones your body already makes. Because they mirror your natural hormones so closely, many patients find that bioidentical hormones integrate smoothly with their body’s own chemistry.
BHRT can be delivered in several convenient ways, including creams, patches, injections, and small pellets placed just beneath the skin. Treatment plans are tailored to each individual based on comprehensive lab work and a thorough evaluation of your symptoms, so you receive exactly what your body needs to feel its best again.
For women, BHRT can be a game-changer during perimenopause and menopause — two stages of life that can bring a wave of unwelcome symptoms as estrogen and progesterone levels begin to shift and decline.
If you’ve been struggling with weight gain, hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, brain fog, low energy, trouble sleeping, or a decreased interest in intimacy, you’re not alone, and you don’t have to simply push through it. BHRT works to bring your hormone levels back into a comfortable balance, helping to ease these symptoms and restore your quality of life. Many women also appreciate the added benefits of improved skin health, better bone density, and a renewed sense of mental clarity and emotional well-being.
Men experience their own version of hormonal decline known as andropause, which is sometimes referred to as “male menopause.” As testosterone levels gradually drop — often beginning in the late 30s or 40s — men may notice persistent fatigue, reduced muscle mass, increased body fat, difficulty concentrating, irritability, and a decline in libido or sexual performance.
These changes can be so gradual that many men don’t realize hormones are the underlying cause and simply chalk it up to getting older. BHRT can help restore testosterone to optimal levels, giving men back the energy, strength, mental sharpness, and drive they thought were behind them. With a personalized treatment plan and ongoing monitoring, BHRT offers men a safe and effective path to feeling like themselves again.

The Lifespan Health Process
Lifespan Health’s approach to your hormone optimization:
- Consultation: a 60-minute in-depth review of your medical history, current symptoms and goals.
- Diagnositics: a comprehensive hormone evaluation, with appropriate health biomarkers. This is blood testing and is most often done at our lab on the same day as the consultation. There is also the option of pre-testing, for efficiency.
- Lab Review and Plan Visit: to discuss findings and initiate a plan, based on lab results and your goals and preferences.
- Individual hormone prescriptons: sent to you pharmacy of choice, which may be a retail pharmacy or a compounding pharmacy, depending on the specific hormone.
- Follow-up: periodic lab testing (initially after 3 months, and then bi-annually).
