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Bioidentical Hormone Online Certification Course Outline
🏅8.0 AMA Cat. 1 CME Credits
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Bioidentical Hormone Training Certification CME Course
Introduction
- What is Bio-Identical Medicine
- Why Patient Demand is So High for BHRT Therapies
- Physiology vs Pharmacology
- Standards of Care… Meeting vs Exceeding
Diagnosing and Treating Female Hormone Imbalance with Bioidentical Hormones
- Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle
- Physiology of the Menopause Transition
- Natural role of Estrogens, Progesterone, and Testosterone in Women
- The Problems With Pharmaceutical HRT
- Synthetic, Dose, Duration, Liver Metabolism
- Hormone Imbalances in PMS and Cyclic Symptoms
- Hormone Imbalances in Menopause
- Causes of Hot Flashes
- Concept of Estrogen Dominance
- Issues With Pharmaceutical Metabolism and Toxic Metabolites
- Roles of Testosterone in Women
- Basics of Dosing Compounded Transdermal Hormones in Women
- Pre-menopause
- Post-menopause
Diagnosing and Treating Male Hormone Imbalance with Bioidentical Hormones
- Testosterone Physiology in Men
- Testosterone Metabolism
- Effects of Obesity and Stress on Testosterone Production
- Libido and Erectile Dysfunction
- Andropause
- Testosterone Replacement and Prostate Cancer
- History of Testosterone Replacement
- Advantages of Transdermal Therapy
- Drawbacks of Current FDA-Approved Gels
- Testosterone Replacement Guidelines and Protocols
- Limiting Conversion to Estrogens
Principles of Salivary Hormone Testing and T3/T4 Thyroid Testing
- Issues with Current Venous Blood Standards
- Advantages of Using Narrower Reference Ranges
- Advantages of Using Salivary Testing for Steroid Hormones
- Tissue Levels vs Venous Waste
- Literature Proof for Salivary Testing
- Proper Salivary Testing Techniques
- Choosing the Best Salivary Lab
Using Compounded Transdermal Hormone Creams
- Choosing the Right Compounding Pharmacy
- Literature Support of Predictable Absorption
- Why to avoid all oral Sex Steroids
- Why Most Pharmaceuticals are Not Bio-Identical
- Avoiding Household Transmission
- Using Troches
- Why Pellets are Not Bio-Identical
Bio-Identical Thyroid Testing and Treatment
- Thyroid Physiology
- Thyroid Hormone Production
- Toxins and the Thyroid
- Testing Free T3 and Free T4 Levels
- Adopting Narrower Reference Ranges
- Prescribing Armour and Cytomel
- Monitoring Treatment
Testing and Treating Stress-Induced Adrenal “Body Clock” Dysfunction
- Adrenal Physiology and Pathology
- Testing Adrenal Function Using 4-Point Salivary Cortisol
- The 3 Phases of Stress-Induced Adrenal Dysfunction
- Alarm
- Resistance
- Fatigue
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Each Phase
- Using Vitamin and Herbal Therapy
- Using Low-Dose Hydrocortisone (Bio-Identical Cortisol)
- Using Adrenal Glandulars
- Literature Review of Clinical Significance of Adrenal Fatigue
- Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Really Adrenal Fatigue?
- Are Most Uses of Anti-Depressants and Sleeping Pills Really Just a Missed Adrenal Fatigue Diagnosis?
Practice Tips and Case Studies
- Implementing The Service
- Selling Supplements
- Billing Insurance
- Marketing
- Basic and Advanced Case Studies and Discussion
- Handling Patients Overdosed by Other Providers
- Extensive Case Studies with practice interpreting test results and formulating initial treatment plan. Additional emphasis on how to react to initial symptom recovery after treatment.
