The Hormone Cure: Reclaim Balance, Sleep and Sex Drive; Lose Weight; Feel Focused, Vital, and Energized Naturally with the Gottfried Protocol

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However, as cross-sex hormones affect people differently, they should not be considered a reliable form of contraception.

Surgery can be used to remove or destroy areas of endometriosis tissue, which can help improve symptoms. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Enzalutamide for treating hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer [Internet]. 2021. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta712 If your cancer has spread to the area just outside the prostate (locally advanced prostate cancer), you may have hormone therapy before, during and after radiotherapy. Hormone therapy can help shrink the prostate and any cancer that has spread, and make the treatment more effective. You may be offered other types of hormone therapy, a combination of different hormone therapy drugs, or a different type of treatment. We don’t yet know whether exercise can help to prevent bone thinning in men who are on hormone therapy. But regular physical activity could help to keep you strong and prevent falls that could cause broken bones.This risk is reduced by the use of a combined course of HRT (oestrogen and progesterone). But taking combined HRT is linked to a small increase in the risk of developing breast cancer.

If your PSA level starts to rise or your scans show changes, this may be the first sign that your hormone therapy is no longer working so well. If this happens, your doctor will talk to you about other possible treatment options. Mohamad H, McNeill G, Haseen F, N’Dow J, Craig LCA, Heys SD. The Effect of Dietary and Exercise Interventions on Body Weight in Prostate Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. Nutr Cancer. 2015 Jan 2;67(1):43–60. Hysterectomies cannot be reversed and, though unlikely, endometriosis symptoms could return after the operation. Ask your doctor how long you’ll need to take anti-androgens for, and whether you’re having them with another treatment or on their own. Keogh JWL, MacLeod RD. Body Composition, Physical Fitness, Functional Performance, Quality of Life, and Fatigue Benefits of Exercise for Prostate Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012 Jan;43(1):96–110.Testosterone doesn’t usually cause problems but, if you have prostate cancer, it can make the cancer cells grow faster. If testosterone is taken away, the cancer will usually shrink, even if it has spread to other parts of your body. Nead KT, Boldbaatar N, Yang DD, Sinha S, Nguyen PL. Association of Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Thromboembolic Events: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Urology [Internet]. 2018 Jan [cited 2018 Jan 29]; Available from: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0090429518300165 Ask your GP or pharmacist for advice if you're thinking about using a complementary therapy. Compounded bioidentical hormones

There are a number of new medicines that could be used if other types of hormone therapy and chemotherapy fail, or alongside other types of hormone therapy. Galletti G, Leach BI, Lam L, Tagawa ST. Mechanisms of resistance to systemic therapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Cancer Treat Rev. 2017 Jun;57:16–27.

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There are different types and doses of HRT. Using the right dose and type usually means your symptoms improve. Support from self-help groups, such as Endometriosis UK, can be very useful if you're learning how to manage the condition. Pain medication Removal of the womb (hysterectomy) and the ovaries and fallopian tubes (salpingo-oophorectomy) may also be considered. Surgery for trans women

I'm 33, and have spent the last five or so years of my life feeling crappy much of the time. Conventional medicine has pretty much failed to help at all (no thank you doctor, I don't want an anti-depressant for my fatigue), so I've turned to some alternatives. I heard about Sara Gottfried and her book The Hormone Cure through one of Sean Croxton's Underground Wellness podcasts and immediately thought: I have to get that book. As with all surgical procedures there can be complications. Your surgeon should discuss the risks and limitations of surgery with you before you consent to the procedure. Life after transition National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Enzalutamide for metastatic hormone-relapsed prostate cancer previously treated with a docetaxel-containing regimen. Technology appraisal guidance 316. 2014.Apalutamide (Erleada®) tablets may be offered to some men with localised prostate cancer or locally advanced prostate cancer that has stopped responding to other types of hormone therapy, but has not yet spread to other parts of the body (advanced prostate cancer). Find out more about apalutamide. Lifestyle changes such as being more active and changes to your diet may help reduce your risk of bone thinning. you'll need to let your optician and dentist know if you're on hormone therapy as this may affect your treatment Treatment may not be necessary if your symptoms are mild, you have no fertility problems, or you're nearing the menopause, when symptoms may get better without treatment.