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Traditional Hormone Replacement Therapy

Meaning

A standardized medical treatment protocol, historically using synthetic or animal-derived hormones, to alleviate symptoms caused by declining endogenous hormone production, primarily in menopausal women and hypogonadal men. Unlike personalized, bioidentical approaches, this therapy typically relies on fixed-dose, FDA-approved pharmaceutical products, such as conjugated equine estrogens or synthetic progestins. While effective for symptom management, the fixed nature and non-human molecular structure of some components distinguish it from modern personalized hormonal interventions.