What are hormone pellets?
What are pellets? Pellet therapy is a loosely used term to refer to hormone implants. Yes, they are merely the pure powder, compressed into a pellet form, sterilized, and packaged ready for your prescriber to surgically insert into your subcutaneous tissue. These pellets will then continually dissolve, releasing tiny amounts of hormone inside your body. Your blood will eventually pick this molecule and circulate it right into other tissues that are in desperate need of it. Since the pellet hormone is identical to the hormone you lack, it can be recognized for what it is and fit exactly on the receptor site to elicit its intended action for your benefit.
As far as we know, hormone pellet therapy is the best way to mimic your own body's slow, continual release of hormones. This eliminates the need for other, less desirable, pulsatile therapies like injections. Hormone injections leave you feeling like a rollercoaster as well as a living pincushion. With each injection you feel a sudden increase followed by a severe fall in levels of hormone as it gets metabolized by your body and eliminated. Alternatively, the pellets are placed under the skin to steadily release the hormone for the next 3 to 6 months. With the pellets, you can reach hormonal balance at a steady state. With just 2 to 4 procedures per year, pellet therapy is affordable. It relieves you of having to administer your own injections or take your daily therapy to maintain hormone replacement.
Males and females alike can benefit greatly with pellet therapy. At Designer Drugs, we can help you get connected with a prescriber that is willing to offer pellet therapy. We can even help evaluate your labs and help design the right dose for you.
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Written by Randy Davis
Randy Davis is our owner and pharmacist. He has over 35 years of experience and is a nationally recognized leader in the art of compounding. He earned his B.S. from Lipscomb University in his hometown of Nashville, TN before attending Samford University in Birmingham, AL for pharmacy school. Randy is passionate about working with physicians and their patients to offer the best choices in personalized medicine.