Hormone Replacement Therapy: Dosage

Name: Hormone Replacement Therapy: Dosage
Uploaded: 2024-08-01T16:00:18+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok explains hormone dosing for transition: testosterone at roughly 1 mg per pound of body weight, estrogen at about 1/20th that amount, and…

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Dr. Charles Mok explains hormone dosing for transition: testosterone at roughly 1 mg per pound of body weight, estrogen at about 1/20th that amount, and progesterone as an oral tablet at night. Subcutaneous pellets, rice-sized and implanted in the buttocks, provide steadier absorption than other methods.

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About 1 milligram per pound of body weight (±10–20 mg).

Estrogen is about 1/20th the testosterone dose (20 times smaller).

Small subcutaneous pellets (rice-sized) implanted, usually in the buttocks.

As an oral tablet, typically taken at night.

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Now we think about hormone replacement therapy in a contemporaneous fashion. As testosterone is the dominant hormone, that's about 1 milligram per pound of body weight is a typical dose, you know, plus or minus 10 or 20 milligrams. And then estrogen usually has much smaller dose, about 1 20th the dose, because it's 20 times less prevalent in your body. And then progesterone, we prefer the testosterone pellets. That's because of the ease of use, inappropriate notice of the injectables, and the side effects of the topicals and erratic absorption of topicals. We use a pellet, it's got size of a piece of rice that goes into skin, usually of your buttocks. And then we add estrogen, typically with a pellet as well, because you're already getting a pellet in an estrogen pellets. This little tiny dot and added this makes it very easy and convenient. Progesterone is given as an oral tablet, typically at night.