A female patient with Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome (AFS) mailed me this:
I am on low dosage progesterone and DHEA applied transdermally. I am not aware that these can weaken the adrenals?
My reply was that low dosage progesterone and DHEA are useful in healthy women around 30 to 35 with strong adrenals but are neither the proper Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) in case of weak adrenals nor sufficient in women over 40. Insufficient BHRT can in fact weaken the adrenals even more.
She will additionally need other hormones and another composition to specifically treat AFS and better her condition. For more information kindly check out our page on Hormonal Regeneration® with bioidentical hormones. My team and I would be pleased to give you detailed advice on an individual basis.
DDr. Heinrich, MD