As a clinician, you want any therapy to be what’s best for your patients’ health and something that works with their lifestyle. Compounded bioidentical hormone pellets meet that standard—patients often enjoy great clinical results and improved quality of life with this therapy.
Offering pellet therapy to your patients adds another tool to your toolbox for both men and women—and the potential benefits to both you and your patients can be enormous.
Our medical director at Belmar Pharma Solutions, Dr. Angela DeRosa, has more than three decades of experience in implementing hormone therapies. She’s an advocate of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) with pellets, and considers pellet therapy to be the ideal option for hormone replenishment.
The benefits of compounded BHRT pellets for patients
Pellet therapy is a fairly simple in-office procedure to insert BHRT pellet(s)—each about the size of a grain of rice—under the skin of the buttocks. Pellets are designed to help the body absorb small, steady physiologic hormone doses directly into the bloodstream for 3 to 4 months.
Pellet therapy has several potential advantages for your patients.
Convenience
Some patients with busy lifestyles don’t want to add daily hormone creams or capsules to their routine. Others worry they’ll forget the pill or cream and miss out on the benefits. For these patients, a quick appointment for a pellet insertion a few times a year is a convenient way to receive hormone therapy.
Extended hormone release
With pellets, hormones are absorbed right into the bloodstream, bypassing the gastrointestinal system. Pellets are designed to release hormones slowly over time.
Patients may get more of the hormones when their heart rate increases, and less when they’re resting or sleeping. The brain and the body can control the release, pulling hormones into the bloodstream faster if it senses a deficiency.
Minimal side effects
It is rare to experience an unpredictable hormonal spike with pellets. While side effects are still possible, steady hormone delivery can limit day-to-day fluctuations. With customized doses and proper provider support, patients’ levels can remain in therapeutic range up to 3 to 4 months. What’s more, there are no “first pass” complications.
Customized Care
Compounded pellets can be customized for female and male patients with the unique dose of hormones each person needs. Just one hormone or multiple hormones can be procured from Belmar’s formulary, including estradiol, testosterone (with or without cholesterol), and anastrozole.
How compounded BHRT pellets may benefit your practice
The best part of pellet therapy may be the joy and professional satisfaction of watching your patients thrive as they embrace aging and wellness. And since compounded pellets allow for custom doses of bioidentical hormones, your patients may enjoy more sustained relief from symptoms related to menopause and andropause.
And, there’s another exciting benefit to pellet therapy: it can help transform your practice. By offering your patients the option of pellets for hormone replacement, you can expand your business and generate new revenue.
The Hormonal Health Institute, which offers clinical training for providers, has a free webinar about how to implement pellet therapy at your practice. If you’re interested in learning more about the many ways pellet therapy may benefit your practice and your patients, check out the 45-minute webinar. It’s full of helpful information and advice on implementing pellet therapy.
By providing valuable benefits for your practice growth, and personalized hormone therapy for your patients, pellet therapy offers a win-win option.
