Menopause Series | Dr Elaine McQuade on Perimenopause
The Emma Guns Show
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The Benefits of Bioidentical Hormones
Bioidentical hormones are made identical to the human bodies hormones. So, you're replacing them like for likes, you shouldn't have any side effects. All you're doing is topping up your own hormones that are missing. Most of the conventional HRTs or older ones have natural estrogen in them but they have an unnatural progesterone called progestergen. Drug companies can't pay it into natural hormones, unfortunately. Doctors on the NHS can prescribe natural hormones as well. It's just not in the same bespoke way as specialist bioidentical hormone clinics.
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