Dr. Tabatha Barber explains how hormone pellets work: they deliver a large initial dose that releases slowly over three to four months, then drop off sharply. Some women feel better within two weeks; others struggle with the ups and downs.
Hormone pellets are a pretty hefty dose. You often get a supraphysiologic response, meaning your levels are going to be higher than any normal range that you would shoot for in a normal situation, because the pellet gets put in and it goes to this high level, and it gets slowly released every single day until it wears off three to four months later, and the levels drop down really low again. And so some women tolerate it well, and they feel amazing, like they get their pellet, and two weeks later, they're on top of the world. They're super productive. They're doing all the things they're like, life is awesome. This is.
