Testosterone

Why is Testosterone important? Testosterone helps to maintain normal metabolic function, muscle and bone strength, urogenital (bladder and vaginal) health, mood and cognitive (brain) function.  In the UK testosterone is currently indicated for low libido. What happens when Testosterone levels are low? Lowering testosterone can lead to several distressing sexual symptoms such as low sexual desire, arousal […]

Breast Cancer Risks, Myths and HRT

Unfortunately, due to a media frenzy and poorly reported women’s health initiative (WHI) study in the early 2000’s there has been a huge amount of controversy with regards to breast cancer and HRT that we just cannot shake off despite the evidence we have that there is no or very little risk depending on the […]

Systemic Transdermal Oestrogen

Transdermal oestrogen can be given as either a patch or a gel.  Gels Oestrogen can be applied morning or night. Rub the gel into the outside of your upper arm (shoulder to elbow) or inside of your upper thigh. Do not apply additional creams or moisturisers to the area used for gel before applying gel […]

Vaginal Health

Oestrogen keeps your vagina healthy as a natural lubricant and also stimulates the cells in the lining of your vagina to encourage the presence of ‘good’ bacteria which protect against infection. What happens when oestrogen declines? Declining oestrogen causes the tissue lining of the vagina to thin and become dryer. We now call this genitourinary […]

Progesterone and HRT

Women who take HRT and still have their womb (uterus) are required to take a progestogen in addition to oestrogen. This is because taking oestrogen alone can cause an unhealthy thickening of the womb lining (endometrium). If this happens, there is a potential for it to develop into cancer. Taking progestogen prevents this occurring. Utrogestan […]