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HRT: How to find the right dose & type | Dr Louise Newson

Dr Louise Newson

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Still not feeling right on HRT? Wondering if your dose is too low or the type isn’t quite right? It can be a real balancing act to find what it right for you.

In this YouTube Live, join expert hormone specialist Dr Louise Newson as she breaks down how to actually find the right type and dose of HRT for your body. Whether you're perimenopausal, menopausal or just starting to ask questions, this session will give you clear, evidence-backed answers.

She'll cover:

How HRT can improve your symptoms and long-term health
The real differences between patches, gels, sprays, and tablets
Why dose matters, and why one-size-fits-all doesn't work
The safest options (including for women with higher health risks)
When and how to add testosterone
Your most common questions, answered live

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🔎 Keywords: menopause, HRT, hormone therapy, perimenopause, hormone replacement therapy, symptoms of menopause, best HRT, women’s health, transdermal oestrogen, testosterone for women

20 Comments

@Luna98833 11 months ago

The problem is when you know more than the person you have access to, to prescribe your HRT.

@Katepwe 1 year ago (edited)

And there is the conundrum….. finding a clinician that understands hormones and how to prescribe them.

@micheleschroeder399 1 month ago

I sincerely wish that Dr Newsom was the standard in hormone care. ❤

@VictoriaHarris-q7f 4 months ago

Wow, I am just so happy I found you on YouTube from Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia. I was suicidal perimenopausal and now 15 years later, have dreadful sweating, sleeping difficulties, irritability, increased weight and worse (adhd undiagnosed?) impaired thinking ability. The sweating is so serious I appear to have showered and get drenched wet hair. I go days without sleep, or very little. I now have diabetes type 2 and high blood pressure controlled with medications. This is just some of my hellish story. You have now given me hope. I have just got a referral to a gynaecologist working purely with menopause. GPs need better training and understanding!!!!!

@sherimillman53 1 year ago (edited)

Please can we campaign to have female testosterone on the nhs ?

@kalt1976 1 year ago (edited)

Dr. Newson, thank you SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge and advice 🙏 And thank you for doing it without trying to sell a ton of products and supplements, the way many others do.

@Lovelifefreedomsoul 1 year ago

Thank God for this lady 🙏🏽❤

@stanleydaisy 1 year ago

One of the loveliest podcasts I’ve listened to. Your mother is a delight! I agree with you both that there are some who don’t want women to be their best selves otherwise access to what we need wouldn’t be such an issue. Thank you for bringing all this info to the attention of women. In gratitude 🙏🏻

@carla2928 1 year ago

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Now I know I have to find a doctor that is not afraid to titrate hormones for my body specifically.

@natz8693 11 months ago

Thank you so much for all the work you do for women, you are a godsend!

@treelonger 2 weeks ago

I'm so grateful for Louise investigating this for us all. It's sometimes life or death

@SaraF-k6o8v 1 year ago

I struggled for a long time with hormone imbalance and its side effects. Then I got some advice and decided to try it, even though I was skeptical. The drops from the book The Jewel in the Blue Drop by Alven Morien and magnesium glycinate saved me. These drops are truly miraculous, yet so little is said about them, and I don’t understand why. They’re affordable and help with many conditions. For hormone imbalance, they are the number one remedy. I warmly recommend both the drops and the book, which is full of great health advice.

@denisehopkinson5491 2 months ago

Just come across you on utube, So informative, thank you!!

@tracyblack8069 9 months ago

From a friend recommendation, I located your videos through The Menopause Society, I went to my GP and she said NO to HRT because I had started HRT 10 yrs ago (age 51) I was taken off after 5yr due to misinformation about breast cancer. Due to the inflammation pain I complain about, my GP said the inflammation would not be controlled or reduced. That the inflammation and starting HRT at age 66 would be a risk of stroke. I was so devastated that I started crying. My GP is a member of the Menopause Society. I guess I will continue to research. I’m not giving up.

@stacybrown8814 1 year ago

Thank you for all of your hard work and your willingness to share your research. I have learned so much from you💗

@tinabrocklebankmakeup 1 year ago

What a woman 💪

@susanstewart1402 8 months ago

I just spent 3 hours parsing through the pharmacokinetics of progesterone (Wikipedia page), and have come to the conclusion that women's hormonal health research has been woefully inadequate. What I was reading about the comparative metabolism of vaginal, oral, and topical micronized progesterone is not at all widely known and probably should be. It explains so many of the symptoms women get with progesterone treatment. So much of the previous research is completely useless because the wrong laboratory testing methods were used (LC-MS versus IA) and the entire spectrum of metabolites were not being tracked.