by Darren ng | Oct 24, 2026 | BHRT & Hormones
For healthcare professionals. Compounded preparations are dispensed on a doctor’s prescription. Short answer: For premenstrual syndrome, the Cochrane review of progesterone found only two eligible randomised trials, with 280 participants (PMID 22419287), and its...
by Darren ng | Sep 15, 2026 | BHRT & Hormones
Short answer: Pregnenolone is the first steroid the body makes from cholesterol — the single upstream reservoir that feeds progesterone, DHEA, cortisol and, in the brain, the neurosteroids allopregnanolone and pregnenolone sulfate. That position at the top of the...
by Darren ng | Aug 18, 2026 | BHRT & Hormones
Short answer: Most people with an underactive thyroid do well on standard levothyroxine (T4) — but a minority, roughly 5 to 15% by the published estimates, continue to feel unwell even after their TSH has been normalised. For those patients, a doctor may consider a...
by Darren ng | Aug 3, 2026 | BHRT & Hormones
Short answer: Perimenopause is the transition of several years before the final period, when hormones do not simply decline but fluctuate — oestrogen can swing high and then crash, sometimes within a single week, while progesterone tends to fall as ovulation becomes...
by Darren ng | Aug 3, 2026 | BHRT & Hormones
Short answer: A compounded erectile-dysfunction (ED) formulation is a preparation made to one patient’s prescription using an active a doctor selects — most often a PDE5 inhibitor such as sildenafil or tadalafil — in a strength and delivery form the prescriber...
by Darren ng | Jul 29, 2026 | BHRT & Hormones
Short answer: Progesterone, oestrogen and testosterone are the three hormones most often prepared as personalised, compounded formulations. A compounding pharmacy can make them in a specific strength and form to match what a doctor prescribes — but each of these is a...
