What Is Menopause Treatment?
Many women dread the arrival of menopause, the so-called “change of life.” As you approach your menopausal years, usually in your late 40s or early 50s, you may feel you have nothing to look forward to except days of hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, and a whole host of other symptoms that come with menopause.
But it does not have to be that way. Many of the symptoms of menopause, including those affecting your emotional wellbeing and sexual satisfaction, can often be eased with a personalized approach to menopause care.
Menopause is the point when you have gone 12 months in a row without a period. It marks the end of your ovaries’ regular production of estrogen and progesterone. Doctors describe three stages:
- Perimenopause: the years before your last period, when hormone levels rise and fall and cycles become irregular.
- Menopause: the day you reach 12 months without a period.
- Postmenopause: the years after. Some symptoms ease over time, while others, such as bone loss and vaginal dryness, can continue.
Menopause can also happen earlier because of surgery to remove the ovaries, cancer treatment, or other medical reasons.
Menopause treatment is medical care for the symptoms and health changes of this transition. It can include menopause hormone therapy, supplements, and lifestyle support, chosen from your symptoms, health history, and lab results. Menopause treatment is one part of our hormone replacement therapy program in Miami. If your symptoms don’t fit menopause, our page on hormone therapy for women covers hormone changes at every stage of life.
Perimenopause: The Years Before Menopause
Many women start to notice changes in their 40s, long before their last period. Cycles may get shorter, longer, heavier, or lighter, and hot flashes, poor sleep, and mood changes can begin. You don’t have to wait for menopause to get help. Our perimenopause treatment page explains these early years and when to get evaluated.
Signs and Symptoms of Menopause
The symptoms of menopause can start before a woman has had her last period. The time when symptoms gradually appear as estrogen drops is known as perimenopause. Symptoms before and during menopause include:
- Hot Flashes
- Night sweats
- Insomnia
- Dryness and thinning of the skin and particularly the vaginal area
- Diminished sex drive and loss of sensitivity to stimulation
- Hair Loss
- Anxiety
- Forgetfulness and trouble concentrating
- Depression and other mood changes
- Weight gain, especially around the waist
- Loss of bone density and a higher risk of heart disease over time
Menopause symptoms treatment may ease many of these symptoms, so women can continue to enjoy life before, during, and after menopause.
These symptoms can also come from thyroid problems, anemia, sleep apnea, depression, medications, and other conditions, so we test before we treat. Weight gain in midlife usually has more than one cause. If it’s your main concern, our medical weight loss program can work alongside your menopause care.
Benefits of Hormone Replacement for Menopause Treatment
In addition to easing night sweats, hot flashes, and mood swings, many women in our menopause treatment program report:
- Improved Libido: Some women notice a stronger sex drive, and estrogen therapy may ease vaginal dryness and painful sex.
- Increased Energy: Many women report more energy, often because sleep improves when night sweats ease.
- Clearer Thinking: Some women report less brain fog once sleep and hot flashes improve.
- Bone Health: Estrogen helps slow the bone loss that speeds up after menopause, and hormone therapy may lower your risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Osteoporosis is a common and serious complication of menopause.
Every woman responds differently. Treatment tends to work better alongside good sleep, nutrition, and regular exercise, especially strength training for your bones. Results vary.
How Our Menopause Doctors Evaluate You
Good menopause care starts with listening. Your symptoms, your cycle history, and your personal and family health history all shape which options are safe and sensible for you. Lab work adds the rest of the picture and helps rule out other causes. NuLife can only provide prescriptions or therapy to patients with a clinical need, confirmed through lab work, a physician consultation, and a medical history review.
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Menopause Hormone Therapy and Other Treatment Options
During your appointment with our specialist, we’ll discuss the best options for your particular body, goals, hormone levels, and health. The menopause treatment process is easy to follow, and a few different options are available.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is considered the most effective treatment option for relieving hot flashes and night sweats, two of the typical symptoms of menopause. Our bioidentical hormone therapy for menopause is focused on estrogen replacement. Bioidentical hormones have the same molecular structure as the hormones your body makes. NuLife prescribes both compounded and branded bioidentical hormones, depending on the patient.
This makes sense, as it is the loss of estrogen that is responsible for many of the perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms that women must face as they enter their post-child-bearing years.
Estrogen replacement has been shown to ease the most common and well-known symptoms of menopause, such as night sweats, hot flashes, and mood swings.
However, as women get older, estrogen is not the only hormone level that drops. Testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH) levels also decline gradually with age. For some women, your provider may discuss adding testosterone therapy or human growth hormone therapy to your menopause treatment, based on your symptoms and labs. NuLife offers testosterone for women as injections or creams/gels. Human growth hormone is prescribed only for adults with diagnosed adult growth hormone deficiency, confirmed by evaluation and testing, and growth hormone peptides such as sermorelin are another option your provider may recommend.
- Estrogen therapy. The main hormone treatment for hot flashes and night sweats. NuLife offers it as creams, patches, pills, sublingual tablets, or injections.
- Progesterone. NuLife offers progesterone. Women who still have a uterus usually take progesterone along with estrogen to protect the lining of the uterus.
- Vaginal estrogen. A low-dose local option for dryness and discomfort.
- Supplements and lifestyle support. For women who can’t or prefer not to use hormones, your provider can recommend supplements, customized to you, and lifestyle changes for symptoms like hot flashes, sleep, or mood.
- Nutrition and exercise support. Our diet and exercise programs support sleep, weight, heart health, and bone strength alongside any treatment.
Looking into pellets? NuLife uses other delivery methods instead; see our alternative to hormone pellet therapy. NuLife confirmed Nov 2 that it does not offer pellets.
Monitoring and Safety
Menopause treatment isn’t set once and left alone. After you start, your provider checks how you feel and repeats lab work at regular intervals so your dose or approach can be adjusted. Keep up with your mammograms and other routine screenings while on hormone therapy.
Tell your provider about side effects such as breast tenderness, bloating, headaches, or spotting. Call right away about heavy or unexpected vaginal bleeding, leg pain or swelling, chest pain, shortness of breath, or sudden weakness or vision changes.
Hormone therapy isn’t right for every woman. Women with a history of breast or uterine cancer, blood clots, stroke, heart attack, active liver disease, or unexplained vaginal bleeding may not be candidates. Your provider reviews your history before prescribing and can discuss supplement and lifestyle options.
For many women, HRT is an effective way to treat the debilitating quality of life issues of menopause. Research suggests the benefits tend to outweigh the risks for healthy women who start hormone therapy before age 60 or within 10 years of menopause.
What to Expect From Menopause Treatment
First visit: a free consultation. Your Internal Blueprint™ assessment, which includes lab work, is your first visit after the free consultation.
Your plan: a visit with your provider to go over your results, your symptoms, and your risks, and to decide on treatment together.
First few weeks: some women notice fewer hot flashes and better sleep early on. Others need a dose change or a different option first.
First few months: changes in mood, energy, and comfort usually build over this time. Bone benefits take longer and are checked over years, not weeks.
Ongoing care: regular check-ins and lab retesting keep your plan where it should be, and many women review whether to continue, adjust, or taper treatment over time.
Results vary, and they depend on sleep, nutrition, stress, and exercise as well as treatment.
Why Women Choose NuLife Institute for Menopause Treatment in Miami
NuLife Institute is a Miami menopause clinic and medical facility for Functional, Integrative Medicine and Age Management.
We have been providing women personalized menopause treatment for years.
We do not take a “one size, fits all approach” to any therapy but rather offer a variety of programs designed to suit your unique goals and lifestyle.
NuLife has worked with more than 10,000 patients. Our Miami clinic is led by Medical Director Frank J. Welch, M.D., with Janine L. Herrera, APRN-BC. Plans are based on your labs, with lab retesting, adjustments when your symptoms change, and access to a patient care advisor and your provider. If you’re not sure menopause is the cause of what you’re feeling, our hormone therapy for women program looks at hormone changes at any age.
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Common Questions About Menopause Treatment
What is menopause?
Menopause is technically defined as that point in time 12 months after a woman’s last period. In the years leading up to that point, changes in their monthly cycles, hot flashes, or other symptoms may start. This is the time commonly referred to as “the change,” or what doctors refer to as “perimenopause.”
When does menopause start?
The menopausal transition or perimenopause usually starts between the ages of 45 and 55. It usually lasts around seven years but can last as long as 14 years. During the menopausal transition, the body’s estrogen and progesterone production, two hormones made by the ovaries, varies greatly, causing many of the familiar symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings.
What results can I expect from menopause treatment, and how soon?
Restoring hormonal balance with our personalized menopause treatment has helped many women make the transition to this new phase of life much more bearable. Many women find that mood swings and anxiety ease, and they report “feeling good” and experiencing an overall sense of wellbeing. Some notice fewer hot flashes and better sleep within a few weeks, while other changes can take a few months. Results vary.
Menopause is part of life. Why shouldn’t I just let it happen?
True, you cannot avoid the change of life, but you do not have to suffer from symptoms that will make your life miserable. Our HRT treatment for women can help your body through the many changes that occur during menopause. This way, instead of dreading your change – you can look at this as a time of renewal and face a world filled with new possibilities!
Is menopause hormone therapy safe?
For many healthy women who start within 10 years of menopause or before age 60, the benefits of hormone therapy tend to outweigh the risks. It isn’t right for everyone, and risks such as blood clots and stroke depend on your age, health history, and the type of therapy. Your provider reviews your history and labs before prescribing.
How much does menopause treatment cost in Miami?
Cost depends on your lab work and the treatment your provider recommends. Your first consultation is free, and we go over the cost of your plan before you start.
Does NuLife accept insurance for menopause treatment?
NuLife Institute doesn’t accept insurance. Financing through CareCredit is available, and we go over costs at your free consultation.
Where can I find a menopause clinic near Miami?
Our Miami clinic is at Ten Museum Park, 1040 Biscayne Blvd, 8th Floor, Miami, FL 33132, open Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Most patients come in person for their first visit, and follow-up visits can be done by telehealth, by phone or video.
