Women in menopause who don’t want to, or cannot, take hormone therapy often ask me what they should take to help with hot flashes, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, low libido, and other symptoms of menopause. What about herbals, do they help menopause symptoms? Herbal...
Last week I enjoyed speaking about menopause at PxP2019 —on demystifying hormone therapy (HT)—to pharmacists from across Canada. Pharmacy Experience Pharmacie (PxP2019) is joint Canadian Pharmacists Association and Ontario Pharmacists Association conference. I also...
Hormone therapy (HT) is still considered the most effective treatment for symptoms of menopause like hot flashes and night sweats and it helps prevent bone loss and fractures. However, since the results of WHI- Women’s Health Initiative trials were made public...
With so much misinformation and fear about hormone therapy (HT) some women suffer through menopause needlessly. I’m excited to share with pharmacists, and women who want to learn more, the latest blog I wrote for the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) Hormone...
BioIdentical Hormones – Be Informed!Bioidentical hormones isn’t a scientific term and it means different things to different people. The Endocrine Society defines bioidentical hormones (BH) as “compounds that have exactly the same chemical and molecular structure as...
