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Why should you test?
Hormones are powerful substances that control multiple functions
throughout the body. Hormone levels should be sufficient
and balanced. Too much or too little of them is not
conducive to long-term emotional, mental and bodily
health.
By not measuring the hormones before and after treatment
your hormone picture is, at best, an educated guess,
since hormone levels from woman to woman can vary 200 -
1,500%. In fact many women need only one hormone, while
others require 3 or 4 different kinds.
Just as you cannot balance your bank account without
numbers on your bank statements, hormone testing
provides both a basis for treatment and proximity to
your goal.
One can then:
- Customize natural hormone dosing to meet
individual needs.
- Optimize hormone levels for minimum dose to
relieve symptoms. Avoid overdosing.
- Achieve appropriate and compatible physiologic
levels of several hormones.
- Increase sense of "well being" by removing
underlying hormone deficit and imbalances.
What do we test for and what does it tell you?
We test for male and female natural hormones. One, two,
six or eight of them, depending on the need. We utilize
your saliva as a sample for measuring hormones, such as
Testosterone, DHEA, Progesterone, Estriol, Estrone,
Estradiol, Dihydrotestos-terone,* and Androstenedione.*
The brain derived regulating hormones, FSH** and LH,**
are also measured to help assess efficacy of control and
feedback between the brain and ovaries.
Saliva hormone values reflect the tissue concentration
of your hormones. Blood and serum contains the total
hormone, but your tissues are only bathed with the
active or effective fraction as found in saliva. Active
fraction measurements are superior to blood and urine
measurements both in diagnosis and treatment.
*Part of the Male Hormone Test™
**Included in the expanded PHP-1™
How can we help you?
Let us take a common example:
A woman suffers from several symptoms-migraines, hot
flashes and emotional fragility. She is having irregular
periods, one every 6-8 months. Her doctor treats her
with natural estrogens, but he does not do any testing
to determine quantities or types of hormones that will
meet her specific needs. The symptoms are under control,
but her risks are the following:
- Increased blood pressure
- Endometrial cancer (uterine cancer)
- Fibroid growth
- Gallbladder disease
- Over 15 years, at least twice the risk of breast
cancer
What could we have found out if we had tested her saliva
hormone levels? We would have known that she has too
much estrogen, not enough progesterone to balance the
estrogen, low DHEA, and marginal testosterone.
But, she felt good on the estrogen, many will say. Yes,
however, the silent killers (cancer, blood pressure,
heart disease) rarely make anyone feel bad at the start.
Her best course is a new treatment plan, designed around
the objective saliva hormone measurements.
Ask us for the PHP-1™ or the Expanded PHP-1™ Panel to
measure your hormones.
How do you benefit?
There are five distinct areas that you will benefit from
using the saliva tests.
- They are affordable and less expensive than
blood or urine tests. Blood testing for 6 hormones
costs $250-$300 more than saliva testing.
- Collection procedure spares you the pain of
venipunctures with a needle.
- Results are more clinically reflective of your
hormone status and needs.
- Results can lead to an individualized and
customized treatment plan using natural hormones.
- You will minimize overdosing and underdosing.
This will insure that you use only the proper
hormones in the appropriate amounts.
With salivary hormone testing, guesswork is past news.
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