Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Women who suffer menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, decrease libido (sexual appetite), decreased sense of well being, vaginal dryness, depression, change of mood, stress 'unable to cope' … etc. have felt tremendous improvement when treated with hormones. If you look around, you will find women are looking younger and now enjoy life more than in the past.

Hormone replacement for women is now well established and has proven of great value and offers protection to the heart and against osteoporosis (bone thinning). We have seen patients who had previous treatment for depression, but after receiving our hormone treatment they felt a great improvement and did not need their antidepressants. Depression might be one of the symptoms of menopause rather than a psychiatric illness. Some people worry about hormones, they do not know that Insulin for diabetes and the contraceptive pills are hormones.

Menopause is an ageing process but you can feel better and stay young for longer with hormone replacement therapy. You can only achieve this by replacing what is missing, not by taking vitamins, antidepressants or various crams to achieve the desired results.

Regarding men: they can go through similar changes (Viropause, Andropause or commonly known as middle life crisis which is due to hormone imbalance or more accurately declining). Men can feel similar symptoms as do women even at a young age. They might suffer sexual dysfunction such as impotence (failure to have an erection), premature ejaculation or even avoiding sex altogether. Men might notice a decrease in the ejaculate volume and in some cases they mention that there is no ejaculation at all even if they feel they came and had what we call a dry orgasm. They may pretend they are asleep, or the wife might feel rejected or accuse him of being with someone else thus causing marriage problems. We believe that men are not different from women in this regard and all these problems could be due to hormone imbalance. We have been offering Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) for men since 1990 with a good success rate. Men do come back to us feeling good and younger, more active and happier, after losing every hope. They can get back the lustre in life, which they had lost for some time or even years. Men might notice that they are tired all time even if they sleep for long hours, usually they sleep less. They are less motivated, postponing their work till tomorrow which never comes. Some men feel their libido (sexual Desire) is very good but have a variet of symptoms. Wife and family might notice the change of mood and that the man is not interested in social company or visits, wants to be left alone, feeling tired.

After having the initial medical consultation and a blood tests screening to find the underlying cause to the problem, our doctors will be able to advise you on which form of treatment will suit you best. For example, women have the choice between tablets, skin patches which release the hormones through the skin, or the implants which are simply tablets inserted under the skin (under local anaesthetic) and which will last about 6 months from insertion.

Male hormones come in the form of tablets, jel, injections or pellets (tablets under the skin). Our doctors will advise you on the best form suit you most. It is important to mention that the hormone pellets (implants) have been available sine the 1930's. Some patients prefers long acting hormone injections which can last up to 8 weeks and is definitely cheaper than the hormone implants. From our experience, we found that hormone tablets or jel are not effective. All possible benefits, side effects or any possible complications will be discussed with you before that start of any treatment and of course after your approval.