I'm 65, been widowed for 7 years. I've never taken ongoing prescription drugs. I just don't trust them. But having something to help my skin glow that wouldn't be bad for my health and well being, that would be great. So is there another way to get this Hormone Therapy without a Prescription?
I'm 65, been widowed for 7 years. I've never taken ongoing prescription drugs. I just don't trust them. But having something to help my skin glow that wouldn't be bad for my health and well being, that would be great. So is there another way to get this Hormone Therapy without a Prescription?
Hormone replacement with or without using a doctor
As Rick Zingale told me, “Seeing a doctor entails kamikaze-level risks.” Fortunately, basic hormone supplementation can be safely and legally started without them. Hormones are so harmless that with only a few caveats, they should be over the counter. Read Hormone Secrets or Unbekoming’s excellent summary if you have not gotten that memo.
DHEA, pregnenolone, and melatonin are available without a prescription. See the links HERE, HERE, and HERE for the best places to buy them. Background information about melatonin is HERE, and the other two are described in Hormone Secrets. Pregnenolone supposedly helps mental alertness, and some people swear by it. However, my mentors were not impressed with it if patients were already on testosterone, and I always prescribed that instead.
The links above are for economical powder supplements. If you purchase a $20 digital scale, you can approximate the desired dose using eighth or quarter teaspoons. Perfect exactitude is unnecessary.
DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) has mild effects similar to testosterone. The best dose is unknown because no significant toxicity has ever been found. Although the standard approach for women is to start with about ten milligrams a day, my hormone guru, Neal Rouzier, MD, often gives 400 to 600 mg daily to senior women. He says this makes many of them feel so good that they dance in the Palm Spring Follies. Side effects are almost unknown.
Senior men who are not yet taking testosterone often get a big lift from DHEA. The usual recommendation is to take a hundred milligrams to start, but this is waaay too conservative. Again, the top end of dosing is unclear, and I would not hesitate to recommend gradually increasing to 1000 mg a day if I were still seeing patients. If any side effects appear, reduce the dose. The powders make even this large amount economical.
Those of us already taking testosterone may not get as big a response from DHEA, but when I started it recently, I felt better.
If you know a doctor who will write prescriptions for you and you are willing to take responsibility, read Hormone Secrets twice. Then, ask them to prescribe the following from the Anazao compounding pharmacy or another nationwide source. Ninety percent of women need exactly the doses below. If you are post-menopausal, labs are helpful but not required.
Oral estradiol 2 mg every morning
Oral progesterone 200 mg at bedtime. Decrease or increase until you sleep well without a hangover. The maximum dose is five 200 mg capsules. It is harmless.
Testosterone cream, 50-100 mg per cc concentration. Women start with a half-pea-sized volume and increase or decrease it until they get the desired effect or have about a 200 ng/dl level. Acne and hair growth are occasional side effects. Most people tolerate these for the benefits.
Study the caveats in Hormone Secrets. The most important one is never to take estrogen without progesterone. “Unopposed” estrogen increases uterine cancer rates.
For women who want an experienced MD to supervise a full hormone program, visit WorldLinkMedical.com. I am among the providers there, and Dr. Neal Rouzier trained us all.
Thyroid care requires an experienced hormone specialist. Endocrinologists are generally too conservative and often underdose their patients for reasons described in Hormone Secrets. Despite needing professional help, you still should understand the thyroid chapter there, and I recommend you also study THIS website. Hormone replacement with or without using a doctor
As Rick Zingale told me, “Seeing a doctor entails kamikaze-level risks.” Fortunately, basic hormone supplementation can be safely and legally started without them. Hormones are so harmless that with only a few caveats, they should be over the counter. Read Hormone Secrets or Unbekoming’s excellent summary if you have not gotten that memo.
DHEA, pregnenolone, and melatonin are available without a prescription. See the links HERE, HERE, and HERE for the best places to buy them. Background information about melatonin is HERE, and the other two are described in Hormone Secrets. Pregnenolone supposedly helps mental alertness, and some people swear by it. However, my mentors were not impressed with it if patients were already on testosterone, and I always prescribed that instead.
The links above are for economical powder supplements. If you purchase a $20 digital scale, you can approximate the desired dose using eighth or quarter teaspoons. Perfect exactitude is unnecessary.
DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) has mild effects similar to testosterone. The best dose is unknown because no significant toxicity has ever been found. Although the standard approach for women is to start with about ten milligrams a day, my hormone guru, Neal Rouzier, MD, often gives 400 to 600 mg daily to senior women. He says this makes many of them feel so good that they dance in the Palm Spring Follies. Side effects are almost unknown.
Senior men who are not yet taking testosterone often get a big lift from DHEA. The usual recommendation is to take a hundred milligrams to start, but this is waaay too conservative. Again, the top end of dosing is unclear, and I would not hesitate to recommend gradually increasing to 1000 mg a day if I were still seeing patients. If any side effects appear, reduce the dose. The powders make even this large amount economical.
Those of us already taking testosterone may not get as big a response from DHEA, but when I started it recently, I felt better.
If you know a doctor who will write prescriptions for you and you are willing to take responsibility, read Hormone Secrets twice. Then, ask them to prescribe the following from the Anazao compounding pharmacy or another nationwide source. Ninety percent of women need exactly the doses below. If you are post-menopausal, labs are helpful but not required.
Oral estradiol 2 mg every morning
Oral progesterone 200 mg at bedtime. Decrease or increase until you sleep well without a hangover. The maximum dose is five 200 mg capsules. It is harmless.
Testosterone cream, 50-100 mg per cc concentration. Women start with a half-pea-sized volume and increase or decrease it until they get the desired effect or have about a 200 ng/dl level. Acne and hair growth are occasional side effects. Most people tolerate these for the benefits.
Study the caveats in Hormone Secrets. The most important one is never to take estrogen without progesterone. “Unopposed” estrogen increases uterine cancer rates.
For women who want an experienced MD to supervise a full hormone program, visit WorldLinkMedical.com. I am among the providers there, and Dr. Neal Rouzier trained us all.
Thyroid care requires an experienced hormone specialist. Endocrinologists are generally too conservative and often underdose their patients for reasons described in Hormone Secrets. Despite needing professional help, you still should understand the thyroid chapter there, and I recommend you also study THIS website.
Dr. Rouzier is theee best! I had tried the Estrogen pellets and my body exploded. Dr. Rouzier straightened all of that out for me and I am still on the regimen (transdermal Estradiol) he placed me on almost 10 years ago.
76. Married, he is non-functional at 83. I've tried them, they hate me. Shut my bowels down. Tried Black Cohosh and Prime Rose same reaction. Already have gastro issues, and don't need more.
I'm 65, been widowed for 7 years. I've never taken ongoing prescription drugs. I just don't trust them. But having something to help my skin glow that wouldn't be bad for my health and well being, that would be great. So is there another way to get this Hormone Therapy without a Prescription?
from a draft post:
Hormone replacement with or without using a doctor
As Rick Zingale told me, “Seeing a doctor entails kamikaze-level risks.” Fortunately, basic hormone supplementation can be safely and legally started without them. Hormones are so harmless that with only a few caveats, they should be over the counter. Read Hormone Secrets or Unbekoming’s excellent summary if you have not gotten that memo.
DHEA, pregnenolone, and melatonin are available without a prescription. See the links HERE, HERE, and HERE for the best places to buy them. Background information about melatonin is HERE, and the other two are described in Hormone Secrets. Pregnenolone supposedly helps mental alertness, and some people swear by it. However, my mentors were not impressed with it if patients were already on testosterone, and I always prescribed that instead.
The links above are for economical powder supplements. If you purchase a $20 digital scale, you can approximate the desired dose using eighth or quarter teaspoons. Perfect exactitude is unnecessary.
DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) has mild effects similar to testosterone. The best dose is unknown because no significant toxicity has ever been found. Although the standard approach for women is to start with about ten milligrams a day, my hormone guru, Neal Rouzier, MD, often gives 400 to 600 mg daily to senior women. He says this makes many of them feel so good that they dance in the Palm Spring Follies. Side effects are almost unknown.
Senior men who are not yet taking testosterone often get a big lift from DHEA. The usual recommendation is to take a hundred milligrams to start, but this is waaay too conservative. Again, the top end of dosing is unclear, and I would not hesitate to recommend gradually increasing to 1000 mg a day if I were still seeing patients. If any side effects appear, reduce the dose. The powders make even this large amount economical.
Those of us already taking testosterone may not get as big a response from DHEA, but when I started it recently, I felt better.
If you know a doctor who will write prescriptions for you and you are willing to take responsibility, read Hormone Secrets twice. Then, ask them to prescribe the following from the Anazao compounding pharmacy or another nationwide source. Ninety percent of women need exactly the doses below. If you are post-menopausal, labs are helpful but not required.
Oral estradiol 2 mg every morning
Oral progesterone 200 mg at bedtime. Decrease or increase until you sleep well without a hangover. The maximum dose is five 200 mg capsules. It is harmless.
Testosterone cream, 50-100 mg per cc concentration. Women start with a half-pea-sized volume and increase or decrease it until they get the desired effect or have about a 200 ng/dl level. Acne and hair growth are occasional side effects. Most people tolerate these for the benefits.
Study the caveats in Hormone Secrets. The most important one is never to take estrogen without progesterone. “Unopposed” estrogen increases uterine cancer rates.
For women who want an experienced MD to supervise a full hormone program, visit WorldLinkMedical.com. I am among the providers there, and Dr. Neal Rouzier trained us all.
Thyroid care requires an experienced hormone specialist. Endocrinologists are generally too conservative and often underdose their patients for reasons described in Hormone Secrets. Despite needing professional help, you still should understand the thyroid chapter there, and I recommend you also study THIS website. Hormone replacement with or without using a doctor
As Rick Zingale told me, “Seeing a doctor entails kamikaze-level risks.” Fortunately, basic hormone supplementation can be safely and legally started without them. Hormones are so harmless that with only a few caveats, they should be over the counter. Read Hormone Secrets or Unbekoming’s excellent summary if you have not gotten that memo.
DHEA, pregnenolone, and melatonin are available without a prescription. See the links HERE, HERE, and HERE for the best places to buy them. Background information about melatonin is HERE, and the other two are described in Hormone Secrets. Pregnenolone supposedly helps mental alertness, and some people swear by it. However, my mentors were not impressed with it if patients were already on testosterone, and I always prescribed that instead.
The links above are for economical powder supplements. If you purchase a $20 digital scale, you can approximate the desired dose using eighth or quarter teaspoons. Perfect exactitude is unnecessary.
DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) has mild effects similar to testosterone. The best dose is unknown because no significant toxicity has ever been found. Although the standard approach for women is to start with about ten milligrams a day, my hormone guru, Neal Rouzier, MD, often gives 400 to 600 mg daily to senior women. He says this makes many of them feel so good that they dance in the Palm Spring Follies. Side effects are almost unknown.
Senior men who are not yet taking testosterone often get a big lift from DHEA. The usual recommendation is to take a hundred milligrams to start, but this is waaay too conservative. Again, the top end of dosing is unclear, and I would not hesitate to recommend gradually increasing to 1000 mg a day if I were still seeing patients. If any side effects appear, reduce the dose. The powders make even this large amount economical.
Those of us already taking testosterone may not get as big a response from DHEA, but when I started it recently, I felt better.
If you know a doctor who will write prescriptions for you and you are willing to take responsibility, read Hormone Secrets twice. Then, ask them to prescribe the following from the Anazao compounding pharmacy or another nationwide source. Ninety percent of women need exactly the doses below. If you are post-menopausal, labs are helpful but not required.
Oral estradiol 2 mg every morning
Oral progesterone 200 mg at bedtime. Decrease or increase until you sleep well without a hangover. The maximum dose is five 200 mg capsules. It is harmless.
Testosterone cream, 50-100 mg per cc concentration. Women start with a half-pea-sized volume and increase or decrease it until they get the desired effect or have about a 200 ng/dl level. Acne and hair growth are occasional side effects. Most people tolerate these for the benefits.
Study the caveats in Hormone Secrets. The most important one is never to take estrogen without progesterone. “Unopposed” estrogen increases uterine cancer rates.
For women who want an experienced MD to supervise a full hormone program, visit WorldLinkMedical.com. I am among the providers there, and Dr. Neal Rouzier trained us all.
Thyroid care requires an experienced hormone specialist. Endocrinologists are generally too conservative and often underdose their patients for reasons described in Hormone Secrets. Despite needing professional help, you still should understand the thyroid chapter there, and I recommend you also study THIS website.
Dr. Rouzier is theee best! I had tried the Estrogen pellets and my body exploded. Dr. Rouzier straightened all of that out for me and I am still on the regimen (transdermal Estradiol) he placed me on almost 10 years ago.
you must do what makes you feel well
however, he is the one who taught me that the orals are superior for Cardiovasc health. You might try adding an oral estradiol
Oral Estradiol turns me into the UniRoyal Tire Man (severe bloating), hence the transdermal.
76. Married, he is non-functional at 83. I've tried them, they hate me. Shut my bowels down. Tried Black Cohosh and Prime Rose same reaction. Already have gastro issues, and don't need more.
You have to do what works
I was thinking of trying a Pregnenolone Topical Gel, by pass the digestive system. Robert can you recommend a brand?
no idea but you can buy the powder inexpensively