Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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You're trying to get the brain to tell the ovary not to release it.
And the only way it's going to do that is if it thinks it already did.
What is the one hormone that is made in response to ovulation?
Progesterone.
So that's the receptor on the pituitary that if you sensitize that receptor, you're going to suppress ovulation.
Okay.
Menopausal hormone therapy.
How is that different?
Menopausal hormone therapy has a different goal, right?
The goal of it is not to suppress ovulation.
It is ideal to suppress bleeding, but we do that in many different ways.
And you're not going to see the kind of bleeding side effect profile with the dosages necessarily.
So menopausal hormone therapy is comprised of two different types of estrogens now.
That's what we typically use.
So one is either going to be estradiol.
These are the FDA approved ones.
So that is bioidentical.
It looks identical to what the ovary makes.
And then the other one is conjugated equine estrogen.
And that was developed earlier.