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The effect of feminizing hormone therapy on fertility is not clear, but it is known that testosterone suppression can prevent sperm production. [299] The age of starting and stopping hormone therapy seems to be a significant factor, but no direct causation has been found between length of treatment and ability to reproduce. [300] [301]
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.
Included in the guidelines are sections on purpose and use of the WPATH SOC, the global applicability of the WPATH SOC, the difference between gender nonconformity and gender dysphoria, epidemiology, treatment of children, adolescents and adults, mental health, hormone replacement therapy (masculinizing or feminizing; HRT), reproductive health ...
Though hormone replacement therapy has been a popular form of treatment for decades, used to offset symptoms of menopause in women and andropause (aging-related hormone changes) in men, hormone ...
Polyestradiol phosphate (PEP), sold under the brand name Estradurin, is an estrogen medication which is used primarily in the treatment of prostate cancer in men. [1] [9] [2] [10] It is also used in women to treat breast cancer, as a component of hormone therapy to treat low estrogen levels and menopausal symptoms, and as a component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women.
Any trans climbers using testosterone or spironolactone (a feminizing hormone therapy) would have to apply for a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) from the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which ...
The usefulness of 5-ARIs for the potential treatment of acne is uncertain. [4] 5-ARIs are sometimes used as antiandrogens in feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women to help reduce body hair growth and scalp hair loss. [2] They have also been explored in the treatment and prevention of prostate cancer.
Leuprorelin. Leuprorelin, also known as leuprolide, is a manufactured version of a hormone used to treat prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, for early puberty, or as part of transgender hormone therapy. [10][11] It is given by injection into a muscle or under the skin. [10]