In this episode of Crushing PCOS, Dr. Minni Malhotra interviews a pharmacist, Steve Hoffart, to talk about treating PCOS with bio-identical hormones. The treatment of this condition has come a long way and focus has shifted away from medicating symptoms to addressing root causes. I agreement with Dr. Malhotra’s views, Steve talks about the importance of thinking holistically about treating PCOS, from dietary and lifestyle changes to stress management and psychological interventions. But from a physiological perspective, the use of bioidentical hormones has become another trusted avenue for treating PCOS and is transforming the lives of people who have had no success with more conventional approaches. Steve explains the ins and outs of their hormone-oriented point of view, how they help people with irregular cycles and other PCOS-related concerns, and the many benefits of using low-dose naltrexone in the treatment of PCOS and other medical conditions.   

Key Points From This Episode:

• Hear about Steve’s pharmaceutical practice and how they serve the PCOS community. 
• The evolution of PCOS treatment: from medicating symptoms to addressing root causes.
• An explanation of their hormone-oriented approach to helping PCOS patients. 
• Understanding PCOS as a condition that needs to be viewed and treated holistically. 
• The two different ways in which patients with PCOS can present. 
• Historically, the condition was often diagnosed only once complications occurred. 
• Learn how bioidentical hormones can alleviate PCOS and transform people’s lives. 
• The value of doing 28-day salivary tests on anovulatory and amenorrhoeic patients.
• Other helpful tests and dietary, lifestyle, and psychological interventions. 
• How low-dose naltrexone can help to modulate and reduce inflammation. 
• The important distinction between low-dose naltrexone and other narcotics.  

Tweetables:

“Our approach that we typically take on a regular basis with patients is trying to balance hormones, looking at what’s actually wrong with the hormones of that patient and trying to correct them back with bioidentical hormones.” — Steve Hoffart [0:03:54]

“Your patients with PCOS can present two different ways. You can have a large obese person but you also could have that person that comes in that’s thin and trim that you wouldn’t expect to have PCOS until you actually dive in and look at their numbers.” — Steve Hoffart [0:05:59]

“Inflammation is a hallmark of PCOS. One of the tremendous things that low-dose naltrexone does is, by work of three or four different mechanisms, it modulates and controls the inflammatory pathways in the body to modulate and reduce inflammation.” — Steve Hoffart [0:13:12]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Steve Hoffart on LinkedIn

Magnolia Pharmacy 

A4M 

The Institute For Functional Medicine

Dr. Minni Malhotra on LinkedIn

Dr. Minni Malhotra Email

Anchor Wellness Center