About this episode

Dr. Mary Claire Haver shares her personal menopause hormone therapy protocol and discusses various estrogen delivery methods.

In this solo episode of unPAUSED, Dr. Mary Claire Haver answers one of the most asked questions she receives: what hormones do you actually take, and why? Rather than a general overview of menopause hormone therapy, this is a fully transparent, clinically grounded walk through her personal protocol, including every formulation she uses, why she chose it, and what the FDA-approved alternatives are for women whose needs or circumstances differ. Dr. Haver opens with systemic estrogen, explaining why she uses a transdermal patch as her primary delivery method, why she added a small dose of oral estradiol for bone protection after finding her serum levels were not reaching the threshold needed to preserve bone density, and why she believes routine estradiol level testing should become standard of care even though current guidelines do not yet reflect the latest absorption data. She walks through the key FDA-approved transdermal and oral estrogen options, including patches, gels, sprays, and oral formulations, covering the differences in delivery, cost, clotting risk, and SHBG implications. For full show notes, please click here.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Topics covered

• menopause
• hormone therapy
• healthcare
• women's health
• bone density
• estrogen

Keywords

• menopause
• hormone replacement therapy
• estrogen
• transdermal patch
• oral estradiol
• bone protection
• FDA-approved alternatives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FDA

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