some advice for wife needed, is HRT in pre-menopausal woman advised?

[t_spacemonkey]

wife is 37, but both mother and older sister got into menopause by 38. Personally I am with Defy and trying to convince here to give it a try. She was talking about some integrative health care doc, but I am not sure if playing around with anything but real hormones makes sense. her libido is a bit on the low side (although she does not refuse ever). will HRT help with libido as well as with fat loss (combined with diet/exercise ofc)? what about mood. once HRT is started, is stopping as difficult as for a men? what does a typical HRT for woman entail? Test, progesterone + estradiol?

 

[Nelson Vergel]

The ladies in my FB group may help. There are 13,400 of them.

Women's Health and HRT

 

[FunkOdyssey]

My wife is 44 and our sex life has benefited greatly from her use of testosterone cream. Only her free T level was low so we haven't messed with estrogen or progesterone yet. Both of us are with Defy.

 

[DorianGray]

Same thing applies to women as men: LAB work first! And an MD with extensive experience treating women. Can't think of any in that category prescribing anything other than BHRT. Good suggestion from Nelson.

 

[t_spacemonkey]

My wife is 44 and our sex life has benefited greatly from her use of testosterone cream. Only her free T level was low so we haven't messed with estrogen or progesterone yet. Both of us are with Defy.

what is the cost of test cream? i know injections are cheaper but she does not want to do it

 

[FunkOdyssey]

what is the cost of test cream? i know injections are cheaper but she does not want to do it

I think it is $72 for a 30 ml bottle of 15 mg/ml cream, and she is using two clicks (0.5 ml) daily, so that would be $36 a month. I am thinking that one click of 30 mg/ml cream would deliver the same testosterone at half the cost though -- it would take 4 months to get through a bottle at one click daily.

 

[JmarkH]

My wife was premenopausal at 64 and her doctor put her on progesterone + estradiol.
Her libido has taken a jump to the point I'm having a difficult time keeping up with her. We're in a kind of second honeymoon season.

 

[t_spacemonkey]

My wife was premenopausal at 64 and her doctor put her on progesterone + estradiol.
Her libido has taken a jump to the point I'm having a difficult time keeping up with her. We're in a kind of second honeymoon season.

thats encouraging that fun doesnt end as you get older

 

[VacationMan]

This getting older business isn't for sissies!

My wife was doing the pellets, but they didn't last as long as they should have (metabolized quickly). She was good for about a month on the pellets, then they started wearing off. Besides that, she didn't like the scars on her back side. I'm a Defy patient, so referred her in. She's now taking T shots with me (we synch up together). Much, much, MUCH better - and far easier to adjust dose. She's also taking progesterone (her PCP prescribes it) and estrogen cream (thru Empower). It's made a world of difference <giggity-giggity>.

 

[MarcoFL]

My wife 59 now has been on T injections for two years very easy to maintain steady state. She is on full HRT and taking 2.5mg of T 2X per week for 5mg total. she responded very well.