Hormone Replacement Therapy
Often we find that patients suffering from chronic pain, illness, or fatigue have been living with hormonal imbalances that have never been properly diagnosed. If your symptoms warrant it, our physicians rigorously investigate this possibility. During your first visit to the Kaplan Medical Center, your physician will conduct a comprehensive health history and physical examination, and if appropriate, order laboratory tests to explore whether a hormonal imbalance is causing or contributing to your condition.
If the lab results indicate there is a hormonal imbalance, your individual treatment plan may include traditional synthetic hormone replacement. Many patients, however, are also interested in considering alternative therapies, such as natural hormone replacement, nutritional
supplements, herbal remedies, homeopathy, dietary changes, acupuncture, and compounded hormones (where the physician instructs a pharmacist to create a special formulation of a hormone replacement or supplement suited to the needs of a particular patient). Our goal is to develop a treatment plan that is effective and comfortable for you. All of the Kaplan Medical Center's physicians screen for and treat hormonal imbalances using traditional and alternative therapies.
For more information about how the Kaplan Center physicians diagnose Hormone Disorders please click here.
Additional Resources:
Article: Are Bioidentical Hormones for you? by Lisa Lilienfield, MD
Article: Celiac Disease & Thyroid Disease - Overlap of Symptoms But Distinctly Different Diagnosis & Treatment. by Cheryl Harris, RD, MPH and Gary Kaplan, DO
Video: The Female Brain in Menopause
Article: 7 Steps that Can Help You Prevent Painful Compression Fractures! by Lisa Lilienfield, MD
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