There are many terms we use in hormone therapy to identify when a molecule is identical to what women produce in their bodies or just act like the molecule. Many hormones that are synthetic have the important structural feature that allows the hormone to dock at the cellular key that triggers activity. It’s not bio-identical, but it essentially produces a very close facsimile of the native hormone’s action,
Other medications are true copies of what we produce in our bodies. They are recognized as bioidentical. Most of these are synthetically manufactured. These bioidentical synthetics were grown in a lab,
Progesterone that is natural is better tolerated than synthetic progesterones for most women, So we do order a bioidentical progesterone. Women may see this is actually called micronized progesterone. Progesterone itself is poorly absorbed and has a short amount of time (half life) it stays active. So micronization, a step of making the particles smaller, helps it to be absorbed, but doesn’t change the chemistry. Micronized progesterone is therefore still a bioidentical compound,
The important feature is your tolerance and the ability to protect the uterine lining from estrogen exposure. We can accomplish this with both non-bioidentical progesterone as well as a bioidentical one, You have alternatives, we want to help you understand what they are,
