Hormone replacement therapy
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Hormone replacement therapy may refer to:
- Hormone replacement therapy (menopause)Hormone replacement therapy (menopause)Hormone replacement therapy is a system of medical treatment for surgically menopausal, perimenopausal and to a lesser extent postmenopausal women...
- Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male)Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male)Hormone replacement therapy for transgender gender variant and transsexual introduces hormones associate with the gender that the patient identifies with...
- Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female)Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female)Hormone replacement therapy for transgender and transsexual people changes the balance of sex hormones in their bodies. Some intersex people also receive HRT, either starting in childhood to confirm the sex to which they were assigned, or later, if this assignment has proven to be incorrect...
- Androgen replacement therapyAndrogen replacement therapyAndrogen replacement therapy is a hormone treatment often prescribed to counter the effects of male Hypogonadism. It is also prescribed to lessen the effects or delay the onset of normal male aging...
(andropausal and ergogenic use)
See also
- Hormone therapyHormone therapyHormone therapy, or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also referred to as hormonal therapy...
- Ergogenic use of anabolic steroidsErgogenic use of anabolic steroidsSince their discovery, anabolic steroids have been widely used as an ergogenic aid to improve performance in sports, to improve one's physical appearance, as self-medication to recover from injury, and as an anti-aging aid....
- Anabolic steroidAnabolic steroidAnabolic steroids, technically known as anabolic-androgen steroids or colloquially simply as "steroids", are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue ,...
- AndropauseAndropauseAndropause or male menopause, sometimes colloquially called "man-opause" is a name that has been given to a menopause-like condition in aging men...