You know your body, and you can can feel when your hormones are not in balance. Do you suffer from any of the following: PMS, anxiety, insomnia, low sex drive, decreased energy, hair loss, vaginal dryness, hot flashes, night sweats, mild depression, headaches, mood swings, breast tenderness, etc . . . Are these issues affecting your quality of life and your precious relationships? Have you recently had a hysterectomy? Do your symptoms vary throughout your menstrual cycle? Are you experiencing new or different symptoms as you enter into peri-menopause? Are the hormones or hormone related medications you are currently taking not providing you with the relief you expected? Saliva hormone testing provides you with many of the answers that you have been looking for. In the privacy of your own home you can accurately test important and vital hormone levels and see how those levels correspond to your current symptoms. Hormones that can be tested include: progesterone, estrogens (estradiol, estrone, estriol), testosterone, DHEA, and cortisol (the stress related hormone), all with a simple morning saliva sample. These levels can then be used by your physician, nurse, or pharmacist to determine a therapy that would work best for you. The test also comes with an explanation which allows you to better understand exactly where you stand. Patients are now able to affordably take charge of their health. With all of the recent data concerning hormones, it is wise for patients to have a better understanding of what they need and what they do not need. Many patients test hormone levels to eventually start on BHRT or Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy. Our staff pharmacists are available to work with you and your physician to determine the right dose based on your symptoms and lab levels. Feel free to browse this section for additional information.

Over 40 million American women are currently experiencing or have experienced menopause. Symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, night sweats, depression, anxiety, irritability, sleep disturbances, mood swings, headaches, memory problems, decreased libido, vaginal dryness and loss of bladder control. These disturbances may begin in perimenopause, five to seven years before menopause, when the production of estrogen and progesterone hormones decreases. Testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) are additional hormones that decline during menopause. Replacement of estrogen and progesterone is termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT).