Hormone optimization / replacement therapy
Medically supervised treatment to restore hormone levels toward a physiological range, prescribed only after diagnostic hormone panels confirm a deficiency.
What it is & how it works
Medically supervised treatment to restore hormone levels (e.g. testosterone, estrogen/progesterone, thyroid hormone) toward a physiological range, prescribed only after diagnostic hormone panels confirm a deficiency consistent with the patient's symptoms.
How it's done
Delivered as a topical gel, injection, transdermal patch, or oral/sublingual preparation depending on the specific hormone and patient factors, with dosing titrated against follow-up laboratory panels and symptom response, typically reviewed every 3–6 months. Prescribed and monitored by a physician, often in coordination with an endocrinologist.
Conditions it treats
Why Unfold Longevity
Initiated only on confirmed diagnostic grounds rather than symptom report alone, and monitored on an ongoing individualized basis — reflecting Unfold Longevity's evidence-bounded, individualized-outcomes approach to hormone therapy specifically.
Evidence & safety
Used only for confirmed hormonal decline, not on symptom report alone. Risks and benefits are reviewed individually before treatment begins.
Related questions
It's prescribed only after diagnostic hormone panels confirm a deficiency consistent with your symptoms, not on symptom report alone; hormone levels within the normal range are not treated with replacement therapy. Dosing is then titrated against follow-up labs and symptom response, typically reviewed every 3–6 months.
Risks vary by hormone and can include effects such as changes in red blood cell counts, elevated PSA, or fertility effects for testosterone therapy, and cardiovascular or breast-tissue considerations for menopausal hormone therapy that depend on dose, route, timing, and personal history. It isn't suitable for everyone — for example, certain cancers or cardiovascular conditions may rule it out — so risks and benefits are reviewed individually with each patient before starting.