Start with the symptom or health question you want help with. A treatment is useful because it has a clear purpose for you, not because it is the most expensive, newest or most extensively advertised option.
HRT: a guide to the care conversation
What hormone replacement therapy is, why the type matters and which questions to ask before starting or changing treatment.
Explore this guide Treatment optionsHRT benefits and risks: asking better questions
A framework for discussing personal benefit, baseline risk, treatment formulation and follow-up.
Explore this guide Treatment optionsNonhormonal options for menopause symptoms
Explore symptom-specific nonhormonal care and distinguish prescribed treatment from unsupported wellness claims.
Explore this guide Treatment optionsLocal vaginal oestrogen and intimate comfort
Questions about local treatment, symptom goals and discussing suitability with your clinician.
Explore this guide Treatment optionsTestosterone: keep the treatment goal specific
How to discuss persistent low sexual desire without confusing treatment with general hormone optimisation.
Explore this guide Treatment optionsBioidentical hormones: understand the label
Separate the chemistry of a hormone from claims about safety, regulation and custom-compounded products.
Explore this guide Treatment optionsBlood tests and menopause assessment
Questions to ask before buying a hormone test or broad diagnostic package.
Explore this guide Treatment optionsContraception during perimenopause
Why symptom treatment and pregnancy prevention need separate, coordinated conversations.
Explore this guide Treatment optionsMenopause care after cancer
Prepare a coordinated discussion with your oncology and menopause clinicians about symptoms and suitable options.
Explore this guideA decision you make with a clinician
Ask what the treatment is intended to improve, what evidence supports that use, what the alternatives are and which aspects of your history affect suitability. Include your preferences about route, side effects, cost and monitoring.
Agree follow-up at the beginning
Ask when to expect a review, who will handle prescriptions and what symptoms should prompt earlier advice. Do not adjust a prescribed hormone regimen using this website or another person’s experience.
No single “hormone reset”
This guide does not endorse universal hormone-balancing packages or claim that all midlife concerns require medication. It also does not suggest that you must exhaust lifestyle changes before discussing care. Take a prepared question list to a qualified professional.