Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy relieves symptoms of female menopause and male andropause. Learn more.
Exuberan® is a bioidentical hormone replacement therapy that relieves menopause and andropause symptoms and restores lost vitality. It's designed to replenish the hormones you lose after you hit your mid-40s.
What Is Bioidentical Hormone Therapy?
When hormones like estrogen and testosterone drop as you age, it can affect your physical and mental well-being. That’s when you might start to feel common menopause symptoms like hot flashes, brain fog, or low energy.
Bioidentical hormones have the exact chemical structure of hormones you naturally produce in your body.
When you have bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, hormone pellets placed under your skin deliver an exact dose of the hormones you need.
Pellets are compounds of estradiol or testosterone. They’re made from organic plant materials with the same molecular structure of hormones in the body. These materials are pressed into a solid compound pellet about the size of a cooked grain of rice.
In a painless office procedure, the pellets are inserted under the skin in the hip area. The pellets release small amounts of hormones directly into your bloodstream, similar to the level your ovaries or testes produced during your younger adult years.
Can Men Also Benefit From Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy?
Testosterone in men gradually decreases over time, starting in your mid-30s. Symptoms of low testosterone in men include bone loss, fatigue, depression, mental decline, erectile dysfunction, and decreased libido.
Carefully following blood levels, bioidentical hormone therapy in men can replace testosterone and relieve most of these symptoms
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy at Virtua
Exuberan® by Virtua is a bioidentical hormone replacement therapy that's proven to relieve symptoms of menopause in women and andropause in men. It's designed to replenish the hormones both men and women lose after they hit their mid-40s and restore vitality.
Our providers are experts in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, providing personalized care to relieve your symptoms.
To get started, our team will talk with you about bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and will order lab work to see if you’re a candidate for treatment.
If you decide to pursue bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, we’ll use your lab results to make customized hormone pellets that fit your unique body chemistry, age, and weight.
In your first in-office visit, we’ll answer all of your questions, talk about what to expect with treatment, and then we’ll insert your pellets.
The pellets are inserted under your skin in the hip area in an in-office procedure. These pellets release small amounts of hormones directly into your bloodstream. They’re effective for 3 to 5 months in women and 4 to 6 months in men.
While your insurance covers lab work, the pellets and insertion of them are not covered by insurance. To learn more about the cost, call 888-982-3726.
Benefits of Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Potential benefits of estrogen therapy for women
- Increased energy
- Decreased irritability and depression
- Decreased hot flashes
- Decreased night sweats
- Improved sleep
- Decreased joint pain
- Decreased urinary problems
- Decreased headaches
Potential benefits of testosterone therapy for women
- Increased energy and vitality
- Improved sleep
- Relief of migraines or menstrual headaches
- Decreased depression symptoms
- Decreased anxiety
- Increased muscle mass and bone density
- Decreased soft fatty tissue
- Improved skin (increased collagen and elastin)
- Increased concentration and memory
- Decreased aches, pains, stiffness
- Improved cognitive clarity
- Decreased cholesterol levels
- Improved libido and sexual satisfaction
Potential benefits of testosterone therapy for men
Men may experience all of the testosterone benefits listed above, as well as:
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Improved sexual function
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Enhanced erectile ability
Virtua Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy Locations
Exuberan® by Virtua offers bioidentical hormone replacement therapy at convenient locations in Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties.
The Virtua Difference for Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Specialized care from the experts
Exuberan by Virtua is led by Nermin Lazarus, DO, who brings over 20 years of primary care experience to the practice, explicitly providing primary care to women at Virtua for the last 10 years. She’s joined in the practice by nurse practitioner Wyndham Pursley and OB/GYN Dr. Rachel Kramer, who each brings more than 25 years of experience in caring for and meeting the needs of women.
Specialized care from the experts
Exuberan by Virtua is led by Nermin Lazarus, DO, who brings over 20 years of primary care experience to the practice, explicitly providing primary care to women at Virtua for the last 10 years. She’s joined in the practice by nurse practitioner Wyndham Pursley and OB/GYN Dr. Rachel Kramer, who each brings more than 25 years of experience in caring for and meeting the needs of women.
A safe, consistent method of hormone replacement
Medical research has shown that bioidentical hormone pellets deliver a consistent level of hormones into the bloodstream. This method prevents fluctuations from using creams, pills, or patches. The direct delivery into the bloodstream also prevents changes in the liver seen with oral hormone therapy and eliminates production of increased clotting factors.
A safe, consistent method of hormone replacement
Medical research has shown that bioidentical hormone pellets deliver a consistent level of hormones into the bloodstream. This method prevents fluctuations from using creams, pills, or patches. The direct delivery into the bloodstream also prevents changes in the liver seen with oral hormone therapy and eliminates production of increased clotting factors.
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