Answer: Talk with your healthcare provider about your individual risk profile and hormones you are taking in light of the WHI results.

We suggest you continue your present regimen until your doctor says it's OK to stop. We do not recommend combining Olivia's Secret with prescription HRT.

Answer: We recommend that you talk with your health care provider about your individual health risk profile and the hormones you are currently taking. Answer: No. HERS was a different trial that focused only on women with heart disease. Women in the WHI estrogen plus progestin study were generally healthy, and most of them did not have heart disease when they joined. Both studies found that estrogen plus progestin did not reduce a woman's risk of heart attacks.

Prelox® supports the body-own mechanism of nitric oxide and thus restores the natural process leading to an erection. More importantly, during regular supplementation with Prelox® healthy production of nitric oxide is permanently restored. This allows men to indulge in a youthful sex life including spontaneous sexual arousal. Sildenafil inhibits the processes triggered by nitric oxide, thus amplifying the activity of residual nitric oxide produced.

Before taking SEREDYN, talk your doctor if you are taking muscle relaxants, other sleep or anxiety medicines, pain medicines, seizure medicines, or other medicines that cause drowsiness. SEREDYN may increase the sedative effects of these drugs. Do not take SEREDYN if you are currently taking an MAOI. Consult your doctor before taking SEREDYN if you have a serious or potentially fatal medical condition.

Yes. Compounding pharmacists work together with patients and physicians to provide customized bioidentical hormone replacement therapy pellets in the most appropriate strength and dosage to meet each individual's specific hormone replacement needs.

There are many side effects to synthetic hormone replacement therapy which are dangerous to your health, especially if taken without any progesterone. If you are taking both synthetic estrogen and progestins, we suggest a gradual step to substitute natural progesterone cream; and gradually reduce your synthetic estrogen. (Reduce estrogen by ½ and continue to reduce over a 90-day period until discontinued use).

No. Natural progesterone in a cream or oil base comes from Mexican yams/or soybeans which is technically a food product.

Ans : No, Gourdin does not cross-react with other medicines or any hypoglycemic drugs you may be taking.

All medicines and pharmaceuticals, from toothpaste to cough syrup to vitamins to prescription medicine, must, whenever possible, be free of sugar and other carbohydrates. Remind your doctor to prescribe all needed medications in sugar-free and carbohydrate-free forms. Read labels carefully and check with your pharmacist. When children are switched from a normal diet to a 90 percent fat diet, both cholesterol and triglyceride levels can go up. However, the ketogenic diet is not a lifetime diet.

You need hormones, but you need the correct kind, the natural bio-identical hormones, in the correct balance. Don't tolerate the risks of the synthetic hormones when a safer alternative is available. Find a physician who will prescribe bio-identical hormones and then make the switch.

It is always recommended that before making any significant changes in your lifestyle, physical exercise regimen, or diet (including herbal supplementation), you discuss it with your primary health care provider, particularly if you are taking any medication. You may also suggest that your Doctor call an Elixir Herbalist (all are nationally certified and California state licensed) to review your herbal options or to help plan an appropriate herbal support program.

This depends on the strength of the prescription and whether it is taken orally. All forms of progesterone taken internally require a prescription. Skin preparations of progesterone that are 6% or greater require a prescription. All other hormones (estrogen, testosterone, etc.) require a prescription regardless of their form.

After having labs done to determine your hormone levels, a doctor must approve a prescription that has been customized for your needs by the compounding pharmacist.

Unfortunately, I cannot ethically prescribe hormones for individuals, whether they contact me via my web page, or in person. This is because I am not in a practice situation where I can examine patients or provide follow-up care. I suggest you contact a support group in your area for a referral to a qualified local practitioner. FAQ #1 above will tell you how to do this.

Yes, you can take Alistrol with your prescription drugs. Alistrol is made of holly leaf tea extract, hawthorn fruit extract, and radish seed extract. It is as safe as most food. No adverse drug interactions have been found or reported so far. Many people take Alistrol with their prescription drugs. We have not received any report of harmful or side effects.

Possibly. More than 100 medications interact with alcohol, leading to increased risk of illness, injury and, in some cases, death. The effects of alcohol are increased by medicines that slow down the central nervous system, such as sleeping pills, antihistamines, antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, and some painkillers. In addition, medicines for certain disorders, including diabetes and heart disease, can be dangerous if used with alcohol.

More often than not, the term “protease” that describes proteolytic enzymes is used in very general terms. There are many metabolic proteases in our body, each with many different functions. The medications that are designed as protease inhibitors are targeting a very specific viral protease. The supplemental digestive proteases are very different and will not interfere with the medication.

Before taking Gabatrol, talk your doctor if you are taking muscle relaxants, other sleep or anxiety medicines, pain medicines, seizure medicines, or other medicines that cause drowsiness. Gabatrol may increase the sedative effects of these drugs. Do not take Gabatrol if you are currently taking an MAOI. Consult your doctor before taking Gabatrol if you have a serious or potentially fatal medical condition.

There are no interactions between any prescription medications and Angioprim. We are not licensed to practice medicine and as such, cannot and do not make any recommendations to customers who wish to get off their current medications. Only a licensed physician can make that determination. If you have any concerns in this regard, please contact your physician.

If you are currently taking prescription medications, consult your physician before taking AMORYN. AMORYN can be taken safely with most prescription medications, but there are a few exceptions. Do not take AMORYN if you are currently taking an MAO inhibitor. If you are currently taking an SSRI antidepressant or any other psychiatric medication, take AMORYN only under the close supervision of a physician. AMORYN may reduce the effectiveness of some HIV treatments and oral contraceptives.

Natural hormones are simply an alternative to hormone replacement therapy. Synthetic progesterone (known as progestins) has many side effects, and synthetic estrogen can be dangerous to your health, especially if taken without any progesterone. If someone is taking both synthetic estrogen and progestins, a gradual step is to substitute natural progesterone cream; and gradually reduce the synthetic estrogen. (Reduce estrogen by one-half and continue to reduce over 90 days until discontinued use).

Unfortunately, no. Because our products stimulate your body’s production of hormones through the use of phytoestrogens, it has a limit as to how much feminization it will incur. When on a cross-sex hormone treatment program you are given incredibly high doses of human estrogen which can generate a high risk of pain and other difficult side effects. This does not happen with Femax.

A general answer to this question is that you should know as much as possible. Hormones are powerful drugs, and have potentially serious side effects. This is why it's such a good idea to work through an endocrinologist when starting on hormones; he will check your medical history and your general health, and will work with you to monitor your progress while maintaining your physical safety. I strongly recommend doing some background reading before you visit the doctor.

Some herbal products contain or mimic hormones, and some people feel that this is a viable alternative to going through the medical profession. I don't recommend this approach for the following reasons: Hormones carry sufficient health risks that medical monitoring is a very good idea. Along with the general concern about side effects, medical monitoring is important to establish a correct dosage.