Central Compounding Center                       Central Compounding Center South

1921 Northpointe Drive                                                                6224 Fayetteville Road

Durham, NC 27705                                                                      Durham, NC 27713

919-471-8327                                                                                919-484-7600

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Central Compounding Center offers one on one personal consultations with Jennifer Burch, PharmD, CDE, CPP, who is experienced and specially trained in customized hormone replacement therapy. HRT (hormone replacement therapy) consultations are by appointment only, and are $150. Call Mary, our Patient Care Coordinator, to schedule an appointment.

 

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We care about our patients and want to provide you with quality information about your health. If you ever have questions or would like more information, please feel free to ask. We look forward to caring for you and your family.

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Jennifer Burch, Pharm.D.

Testosterone Therapy for Women: Debunking the Myths

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  Testosterone therapy is increasingly used to treat symptoms of hormone deficiency in pre and postmenopausal women. Testosterone is essential for physical and mental health in women as well as men. Although frequently thought of to increase sex drive, testosterone's role in sexual function is only a small part of its physiologic effect in women. Receptors for testosterone are located in almost all tissues including the breast, heart, blood vessels, gastrointestinal tract, lung, brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, bladder, uterus, ovaries, endocrine glands, vagina, skin, bone, bone marrow, muscle and fat.


Testosterone declines gradually with age in both sexes. Pre and post-menopausal women, and aging men, may experience symptoms of testosterone deficiency including anxiety, irritability, depression, lack of well being, physical fatigue, bone loss, muscle loss, memory loss, insomnia, hot flashes, rheumatoid complaints, pain, breast pain, urinary complaints, incontinence and sexual dysfunction. According to Rebecca Glaser, MD and Constantine Dimitrakakis, MD, PhD: testosterone is not masculinizing and does not increase aggression or cause hoarseness; testosterone does increase scalp hair growth, is mood stabilizing, and is cardiac and breast protective.


A source of confusion concerning the safety of testosterone therapy in both men and women is the extrapolation of adverse events from high doses of oral and injectable synthetic anabolic steroids to therapy using the bio-identical form of testosterone in doses that simply restore normal physiologic levels. Bio-identical testosterone is the same substance that is naturally produced by the human body. In England and Australia, testosterone is licensed and has been used in women for over 60 years. In the United States and Canada, compounding pharmacies can customize testosterone in doses that are appropriate for women. 

 

Ask our compounding pharmacist for more information about testosterone and other bio-identical hormones. We work together with practitioners and patients to create hormone balance, and have successfully relieved symptoms in patients who have not responded to or who have experienced intolerable side effects using commercially-available hormones.

 

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At Central Compounding we offer bio-identical hormone therapy for men and women. Contact us to schedule a private consultation or visit our website. We also provide ZRT saliva tests to help us customize the therapy specifically for you.