GETTING STARTEDHormone Replacement Therapy
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PATIENTS CONSIDERING NATURAL BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
If you are a high risk patient (history of blood clots or cancer, smoker, etc.) or have not had a current mammogram within the last 12 months, this may cause a delay in making a recommendation for you. Stark Pharmacy will discuss these issues with you and/or your doctor prior to requesting lab work or scheduling a consult. At that time, we can determine how to proceed.
Getting Started on Natural Hormone Therapy
- Therapy requires a prescription. Speak to your current physician to see if he or she is open to bioidentical hormone therapy.
- Please fill out the hormone questionnaire.
- If your physician approves therapy, have them order the necessary labs listed below. Your physician can then contact us.
- Stark Pharmacy provides free consultation services to help you determine the benefits of an ongoing hormone management program. This program allows us to evaluate by means of a completed patient history form and personal or phone consultation. Call Stark Pharmacy at 913-345-3800 to schedule a free consultation to review labs and questionnaire.
- Once the consult is completed, we will then be able to recommend a treatment plan.
Recommended Lab Work for Women and Men
Recommended HRT Panel for Women
- FSH
- LH
- Estradiol
- Estrone
- Total Estrogens
- Progesterone
- TOTAL Testosterone
- FREE Testosterone
- Testosterone, Total LC-MS
- DHEA-S
- Vitamin D3 (25-0Hudroxy-Vit D)
- Complete Thyroid Panel including: TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, Thyroid Peroxidase, Thyroglobulin Antibodies
- Hemoglobin A1C
- C Peptide
We recommend that you attempt to have your blood drawn between cycle days 19-22 if you still have menstrual cycles, otherwise, you may test your blood at any time in your cycle.
Recommended HRT Panel for Men
- Estradiol
- LH
- DHEA-S
- Total Testosterone
- Free Testosterone
- DHT (Dihydrotestosterone)
- SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin)
- Hemoglobin
- Hematocrit
- PSA
- Complete Thyroid Panel
- TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone)
- Free T3
- Free T4
- Vitamin D3
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