Dr. Steven R. Goldstein MD Bioidentical Hormone therapy – it’s Misleading Dr. Steven R. Goldstein MD, a top NYC Gyn, is regarded as one of the nation’s top doctors in gynecology, a Certified Menopause Practitioner, Past President, North American Menopause Society and Recipient of the Thomas A. Clarkson award for many outstanding contributions to menopause related clinical or basic science research. Dr Goldstein does NOT recommend the use of Bioidentical hormones. So if you are seeking Bioidentical hormone therapy in NYC, sometimes called BHT, be aware that this not a safer way to get hormone therapy. Bioidentical hormones are compounded or made up by a pharmacist. The patient believes that this
is being made specially for them since they may even be asked for salivary tests to determine the levels of hormones.
However, true hormone replacement therapy is not based on the levels of hormones, but it is based on the symptoms the woman is experiencing with doses being varied until symptoms are relieved. Hormone replacement therapy medications, unlike Bioidentical hormone therapy, is pharmaceutically manufactured and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Many of the doctors who promote this are also involved in the anti-aging movement. Ponce de
León left Spain six hundred years ago looking for the fountain of youth. We are still looking. The key is “healthy aging” not anti-aging.
Your only assurance, with something that is compounded like Bioidentical hormone therapy is that the pharmacist who made it is licensed in the state in which it is made. In fact, More Magazine ran an article several years ago, where they sent ten hormone preparations that were compounded to an independent laboratory. Not one of them had exactly the thing or the amount it was supposed to have.
So, if you are seeking Bioidentical hormone therapy in NYC, be aware of the above. If you want the exactly the hormone that is produced by the ovaries before menopause, these can be prescribed and are regulated by the FDA. Dr Goldstein, a top NYC Gyn, works with each patient to determine the best option, since hormone replacement therapy is not “one size fits all”.
If you are in menopause or approaching menopause, you can schedule an appointment with Dr Goldstein, the best NYC Gyn, or learn more about getting the right hormones for your body by visiting his website at https://www.goldsteinmd.com/
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