Many women are embarrassed and are not addressing health concerns of menopause or perimenopause with their doctors. Dr. Wolfman, a menopause specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital stated that “it is estimated that 4.5 million Canadian women, between ages 48 and 67 , are or will soon be going through menopause” (Ottawa Citizen Sat Oct 26, 2013)
After seeing their family doctor, or gynaecologist, many ladies feel better and have their symptoms controlled. As everyone knows, keeping an optimal weight, not smoking, doing exercise and ensuring blood pressure and cholesterol are under control are a few of the steps one can take to ensure good health.
But, for some ladies, the traditional approach isn’t quite enough. Although the thyroid and other hormones appear to be normal by our usual lab values, they still don’t feel right. This is where Bio-identical hormones can play a role. There are a few pharmaceutical products with a DIN number that are “bio-identical”. But failing this, a different approach may be taken by practitioners who are trained in bio-identical hormones. At Clarite, we do have such a clinic.
Dr Erika Schwartz is a leading expert on Bioidentical Hormones and has written several books including “The Hormone Solution”. Our medical director has received physician training by Dr Schwartz and is informed as to which alternatives are available. For more information visit Dr Erika’s website. She has a series of youtube videos explaining bio-identical hormones . Click here for an example video.