He suggests that during an appointment physicians discuss the risks and benefits of HRT, conduct a thorough physical examination before prescribing treatment and tailor the discussion to address the individual woman's symptoms and questions so that treatment can be customized, including the addition of androgen to estrogen. The questionnaire survey was administered to members of Prime Plus during monthly chapter meetings. The respondents included women aged 41 to 69, with an average mean age of 51. And, only 17 percent knew that androgens can prevent osteoporosis. Androgens lag behind Androgens are hormones produced in the ovaries and adrenal glands that act on the musculoskeletal, nervous, hepatic and vascular tissues.
Women actually make more androgens than estrogens daily and convert the androgens to estrogens.
In adult women, androgens have long been known to play a key role in sexuality and to prevent bone loss and increase bone density. Like estrogen, androgen production drops significantly after menopause. Yet the impact of post-menopausal androgen decline has been far less studied than that of estrogen. Androgen production, except in women undergoing surgical menopause, decreases gradually over the years leading up to menopause and for a decade later. As a result, symptoms due to androgen depletion are to be expected as the menopausal transition begins to persist into late menopause.