title: Hormone replacement therapy in the geriatric patient: current state of the evidence and questions for the future. Estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and thyroid hormone augmentation in geriatric clinical practice: part 1.
abstract: This article presents an up-to-date review of the literature on hormone augmentation in the elderly to help primary care physicians better evaluate and utilize hormone replacement and optimization strategies to benefit their patients. The scientific literature suggests that hormone supplementation with estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, growth hormone, and thyroid hormone has the potential to improve quality of life and to prevent, or reverse, the many symptoms and conditions associated with aging, including fatigue, depression, weight gain,frailty, osteoporosis, loss of libido, and heart disease. Possible long-term side effects are also considered.
authors: Age Management Institute, 200 West 57 Street, New York, NY 10019, USA. Eschwartz@agemd.org
authors: Erika
authors: E
authors: Schwartz
authors: Kent
authors: K
authors: Holtorf
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000379:methods*; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011379:Prognosis; D013739:Testosterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013739:Testosterone; D011374:Progesterone