BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE THERAPY
Hormone Treatment for Optimal Balance
Hormone imbalances can affect your energy, mood, sleep, weight, and overall quality of life. When conventional hormone treatments cause unwanted side effects or don’t provide relief, you need a doctor who understands the benefits of a more natural, personalized approach.
At Paracelsus Natural Family Health Center in Pasadena and Redlands, Dr. Simon Barker provides comprehensive bioidentical hormone therapy for patients of all genders. Our approach integrates advanced hormone testing with precisely tailored bioidentical hormone treatments to help restore balance, alleviate symptoms, and improve your overall well-being.
You don’t have to settle for one-size-fits-all hormone treatments. Dr. Barker specializes in bioidentical hormone therapy and brings extensive expertise in treating a variety of hormone imbalance issues for both men and women. His comprehensive approach ensures that your hormone therapy is optimized for your unique situation.
What Makes Our Bioidentical Hormone Therapy Different
Truly Bioidentical Hormones – Bioidentical hormones are identical in chemical structure, shape, and size to the hormones your body naturally produces. Because they precisely mimic your body’s own hormones, they are recognized by specific receptors, leading to precise utilization and predictable intracellular activity. This natural mimicry eliminates many unwanted side effects commonly associated with conventional hormone replacement therapy.
Advanced Comprehensive Testing – We use advanced hormone testing to identify your specific hormone profile rather than relying on standard ranges that often miss subtle imbalances causing significant symptoms. Our comprehensive testing can identify imbalances that conventional testing may show as “normal.”
Personalized Treatment Plans – Every patient receives personalized bioidentical hormone prescriptions based on their test results with multiple delivery methods including creams, gels, capsules, injections, and patches based on needs and preferences. Treatment is precisely tailored to your specific hormone levels rather than one-size-fits-all dosing.
Whole-Person Approach – Our comprehensive bioidentical hormone therapy includes nutritional support to enhance hormone function, lifestyle recommendations to optimize hormone balance, regular monitoring and adjustments to your treatment plan, and complementary natural therapies to support hormone health. We address the whole hormone system, not just individual hormones.
How Bioidentical Hormone Therapy Works
Initial Hormone Restoration – We begin by identifying specific hormone imbalances through comprehensive testing, addressing immediate symptoms and discomfort, establishing optimal hormone levels, providing relief from hormone-related symptoms, establishing supportive lifestyle habits, and setting baseline for long-term hormone health.
Active Treatment Phase – We provide personalized bioidentical hormone prescriptions with your choice of delivery methods, nutritional support to enhance hormone function, and complementary natural therapies. We treat a variety of conditions including menopause and perimenopause symptoms, andropause (male hormone decline), thyroid disorders, adrenal fatigue, PMS and menstrual irregularities, hormone-related mood disorders, sexual dysfunction related to hormone imbalance, osteoporosis prevention, and transgender hormone therapy.
Long-Term Hormone Optimization – We focus on maintaining balanced hormone levels, preventing hormone-related health issues, supporting healthy aging and metabolism, enhancing energy, vitality, and well-being, and providing regular monitoring and adjustments with a prevention-focused wellness approach.
Benefits of Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
Bioidentical hormone therapy offers several advantages over conventional hormone treatments:
More Natural Approach
Hormones that match your body’s own chemistry, recognized by your body just like the hormones you naturally produce.
Fewer Side Effects
Reduced likelihood of unwanted effects compared to synthetic hormones that have similar but not identical molecular structures.
Customized Treatment
Precisely tailored to your specific hormone levels rather than standard dosing protocols.
Multiple Delivery Options
Various application methods to suit your preferences and lifestyle.
Comprehensive Support
Addressing the whole hormone system, not just individual hormones, with regular monitoring and adjustments based on your response and changing needs.
Better Results
Many patients begin to notice improvements within the first few weeks of treatment, with more significant benefits developing over 2-3 months. When properly prescribed and monitored, bioidentical hormone therapy is generally considered very safe.
Ready to Restore Your Hormone Balance?
Dr. Barker’s comprehensive approach to bioidentical hormone therapy provides patients with personalized natural treatment that addresses individual hormone needs for optimal balance and improved quality of life.
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Questions about bioidentical hormone therapy?
Call either office to discuss how our proven approach can help restore your hormone balance and alleviate symptoms.
Call either office to discuss how our proven approach can help restore your hormone balance and alleviate symptoms.