The misuse of hormone therapy in menopause care
As an integrative and functional medicine physician, I prescribe hormone therapy. I also see its misuse daily.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), including bioidentical hormone therapy (BHRT), has re-entered menopause care with force, correcting decades of dismissal and undertreatment. That correction was necessary, but the pendulum has swung too far.
What I am seeing clinically is not thoughtful, physiology-based care. It is hormone-first medicine that bypasses stress physiology, nervous system dysregulation, trauma, metabolic …
The misuse of hormone therapy in menopause care
