Low levels of hormones can impact the daily life of most adults in many and profound ways.
With both men and women, lowered levels of testosterone can cause increased body fat, lowered sex drives and create mental and physical wellness issues.
Imbalanced estrogen levels are especially difficult for women to deal with with symptoms like vaginal dryness, incontinence, frequency of urination, and the feeling of urinary urgency.
Testosterone also helps increase energy levels, alleviate depression and anxiety, increase the sense of well being as well as improving concentration and memory.
Determining what hormones are needed to properly balance a person that has lowered levels can often be done with blood tests.
There are many different methods of delivery for hormones, as well as many different types of the hormones themselves.
Hormone replacement therapies do not always work for an individual if the amount or type of hormone being delivered is not correct for the person that is receiving it.
Hormones can be delivered through creams, patches, pills, gels and injections.
Injections can sometimes be very effective for a period of time following the injection.
Pellets are long term delivery devices that are injected into the patient.
Pellets last much longer than other types of injections, often from three to six months, depending on the patient and the hormone type.
These types of hormone replacement therapy offer a balance to many patients lives that would otherwise be lacking and difficult to achieve through other means.
Replacement therapies can also help with reduction of unhealthy weight and fat mass.