{"id":15594,"date":"2014-07-27T16:52:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T16:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.vitalhealth.com\/?page_id=6985"},"modified":"2019-04-25T13:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T20:04:44","slug":"hormone-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/services\/western-medicine\/hormone-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hormone Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<style>.ld_spacer_69d46351bb636{height:32px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69d46351bb636\"><span class=\"liquid_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;]At Vital Health Endometriosis Center, we recognize hormone therapies as one of an arsenal of possible treatments that may be of benefit to select patients.<\/p>\n<p>Hormone therapy is a medical treatment whereby the body\u2019s natural hormones are suppressed, supplemented or replaced either by synthetic or bioidentical hormones, or by hormone agonists or antagonists (which affect the amounts of certain hormones produced by the body itself). Hormone therapies are used for a variety of reasons, from managing heavy, irregular or painful periods to reducing the symptoms commonly associated with menopause. Certain hormone therapies, such as the combined birth control pill and the Mirena intrauterine dinstevice, are commonly used for contraceptive purposes although may be used therapeutically to regulate menstruation, reduce menstrual pain and bleeding, and to treat premenstrual syndrome.[\/vc_column_text]<style>.ld_spacer_69d46351bb691{height:32px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69d46351bb691\"><span class=\"liquid_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div id=\"ld_images_group_container_69d46351bb702\" class=\"liquid-img-group-container ld_images_group_container_69d46351bb702\"  >\n\t<div class=\"liquid-img-group-inner\">\n\t\t<div id=\"ld_images_group_element_69d46351bb80f\" class=\"liquid-img-group-single ld_images_group_element_69d46351bb80f\" data-roundness=\"4\" data-reveal=\"true\" data-reveal-options='{\"direction\":\"tb\",\"bgcolor\":\"rgb(234, 234, 234)\",\"delay\":\"50\"}'>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"liquid-img-group-img-container\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"liquid-img-container-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<figure ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"211\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039; viewBox%3D&#039;0 0 600 211&#039;%2F&gt;\" class=\"attachment-full size-full ld-lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/hormonehherapy.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/hormonehherapy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/hormonehherapy-768x270.jpg 768w\" data-aspect=\"2.84360189573\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.liquid-img-container-inner -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div><!-- \/.liquid-img-group-content -->\n<\/div><!-- \/.liquid-img-group-single -->\n\t\n\t<\/div><!-- \/.liquid-img-group-inner -->\n<\/div><!-- \/.liquid-img-group-container -->[vc_column_text]<em>Hormone therapy is used for a variety of reasons, from providing birth control to managing heavy periods and reducing the symptoms of menopause.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<style>.ld_spacer_69d46351bd97b{height:32px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69d46351bd97b\"><span class=\"liquid_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>[vc_tta_accordion style=&#8221;modern&#8221; color=&#8221;violet&#8221; c_icon=&#8221;chevron&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Should hormone therapy be used to treat endometriosis?&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1556222519587-5c9447e8-91ba&#8221;][vc_column_text]We appreciate that hormone therapies at best reduce the symptoms of endometriosis and do not treat the disease itself. Hormone therapy is only effective in some patients and may be poorly tolerated due to considerable side effects. Many of the women who come to us for treatment of their pelvic pain have already tried multiple courses of hormone therapy without relief and are looking for treatment of the underlying disease rather than mere symptom suppression. Surgery to meticulously remove all areas of endometriosis is often required to offer long-term relief. In many patients, there may be no need for post-operative hormone therapy following complete excision of their endometriosis (other than for contraceptive purposes or to manage the symptoms of uterine disease, such as adenomyosis).<\/p>\n<p>Any decisions about hormone treatment are made on an individualized basis with the patient at the center, carefully considering and discussing her needs and preferences.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Further Reading:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/endo-blog\/hormone-therapy-used-treat-endometriosis\/\">What is hormone therapy and should it be used to treat endometriosis?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/endo-blog\/dr-cooks-guide-hormone-therapy-treatments-patients-pelvic-pain\/\">Dr Cook\u2019s guide to hormone therapy treatments for patients with pelvic pain<\/a>[\/vc_column_text]<style>.ld_spacer_69d46351bd9c3{height:32px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69d46351bd9c3\"><span class=\"liquid_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;]At Vital Health Endometriosis Center, we recognize hormone therapies as one of an arsenal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":6969,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15594","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15594\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitalhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}