Disclaimer
Important Notice For Patients considering Natural bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
If you are a high risk patient (history of blood clots or cancer, smoker, etc.) or have not had a current mammogram within the last 12 months, this may cause a delay in making a recommendation for you. Stark Pharmacy will discuss these issues with you and/or your doctor prior to requesting lab work or scheduling a consult. at that time, we can determine how to proceed.
Getting Started on Natural Hormone Therapy
1. Therapy requires a prescription. Speak to your current physician to see if he or she is open to Bioidentical Hormone therapy.
2. Please fill out the hormone questionnaire.
3. If your physician approves therapy, have them order the necessary labs listed below. Your physician can either email results to stark@starkpharmacy.com or fax to 913-345-3803.
4. Stark Pharmacy provides free consultation service to help you determine the benefits of an ongoing hormone management program. This program allows us to evaluate by means of a completed patient history form and personal or phone consultation. Call Stark Pharmacy to schedule a free consultation (either in person or via the telephone at 913-345-3800) to review labs and questionnaire.
5. Once the consult is completed, we will then be able recommend a treatment plan.
Recommended Lab Work for Women and Men
Recommended HRT Panel for Women
FSH
LH
Estradiol
Estrone
Total Estrogens
Progesterone
TOTAL Testosterone
FREE Testosterone
Testosterone, Total LC-MS
DHEA-S
Vitamin D3 (25-0Hudroxy-Vit D)
Complete Thyroid Panel including:
TSH
Free T3
Free T4
Reverse T3
Thyroid Peroxidase
Thyroglobulin Antibodies
Hemoglobin A1C
C Peptide
We recommend that you attempt to have your blood drawn between cycle days 19-22 if you still have menstrual cycles, otherwise, you may test your blood at any time in your cycle.
Recommended HRT Panel for Men
Estradiol
LH
DHEA-S
Total Testosterone
Free Testosterone
DHT (dihydrotestosterone)
SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin)
Hemoglobin
Hematocrit
PSA
Complete Thyroid Panel
TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone)
Free T3
Free T4
Vitamin D3