Hormone Therapy: Testosterone vs. Estrogen

Name: Hormone Therapy: Testosterone vs. Estrogen
Uploaded: 2024-07-30T12:01:02+00:00
Duration: 32 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A YouTube talk by Dr. Charles Mok about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for peri- and postmenopausal women, focusing on why testosterone is…

30 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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A YouTube talk by Dr. Charles Mok about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for peri- and postmenopausal women, focusing on why testosterone is increasingly used alongside or instead of estrogen. The speaker introduces the topic, notes authorship of a related book, and provides a brief historical overview of early menopause treatments.

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The question I get is why use testosterone over estrogen for women with hormone replacement therapy? And particularly, we're talking about menopause or perimenopause, where a woman no longer has periods because of natural menopause or a surgical removal of the uterus and or ovaries. I wrote a book on this. We talked about that a lot. And why are we seeing more and more use of testosterone? Well, this brief history lesson is back, say, 100 years ago. We didn't really treat menopause. And then we started using ground up sheep ovaries that women would eat. That reduces symptoms of menopause. It.