Hormone pellets allowed me to function physically, mentally ...

04.13.2021

Missouri St. Louis

“Hormone pellets allowed me to function physically, mentally ...”

Hormone pellets allowed me to function physically, mentally and emotionally after my organs were needlessly removed. (I was suicidal for 18+ months post-op while on FDA approved pharmaceutical highest dose estrogen patch before switching to pellets.) Also, there are no FDA approved testosterone products for women so I have used compounded T creams and suppositories since I do not have the benefits of testosterone from my ovaries / gonads. Few people seem to know that naturally menopausal women's ovaries produce increasing amounts of T over the postmenopausal years. Intact menopausal women have significantly higher levels of total and bioavailable testosterone than either hysterectomized or oophorectomized women - https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/85/2/645/2854045. With the gross overuse of female organ removal (45% of U.S. women have a hysterectomy), FDA approved hormones are not enough for some of these women. They have to go the compounded route to get some semblance of normalcy.

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