5. HORMONAL BLOOD TESTS
“Some doctors rely heavily on hormonal blood tests to make treatment recommendations for their menopausal patients, while others think these tests are unnecessary, and instead rely on a woman’s symptoms (i.e. hot flashes, night sweats). I typically treat based on clinical symptoms, quality-of-life complaints, and individual and family medical history, particularly when prescribing hormone replacement therapy.
“Practitioners who prescribe bioidentical compounded hormones often rely on blood or salivary hormone levels to regulate dosing of estrogen, testosterone and progesterone.”
