Hormone Therapy
This category covers hormone-replacement and hormone-regulating medicines for specific endocrine conditions, where too little or too much of a hormone needs correcting. Each condition here has its own target range and its own monitoring, so doses are set against tests rather than by how someone feels.
Key points
- These replace or regulate a specific hormone where too little or too much is the problem.
- The conditions here are distinct endocrine diagnoses rather than general wellbeing complaints.
- Replacement doses are adjusted against tests and symptoms, and some need increasing during illness.
Classes and ingredients in this category
- Adrenal replacement such as fludrocortisone.
- Fluid-balance hormones like desmopressin and tolvaptan.
- Androgen replacement with testosterone.
Conditions it covers
These medicines are used for adrenal insufficiency, diabetes insipidus and related conditions. Because each hormone has its own monitoring pattern, treatment is supervised rather than self-adjusted.
Further reading
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