Greenville Business Magazine 2010 January issue : Page 48››emerging companies PHOTO BY COMMERCIAL IMAGING Hormone Replacement Center While hormone replacement treat- ment entities in their various incarnations have long existed in cities like Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Dallas, Greenville would not have been on the short list, a few years ago, of cities in which to locate. Those days are over. Just a few short months ago, Hormone Replacement Centers opened its doors in the growing area behind Haywood Mall on Halton Road. You’ve seen the ads all over TV and it makes you wonder whether hormones can really do all those things they advertise, like making you feel rejuvenated, ener- gized, happier, and bringing back your sex drive. As it turns out, maybe so. In fact most doctors agree, we don’t know yet know all there is to know about hormones and their effect on our bodies and minds. Kris Oakes, manager of the just- opened Greenville HRC says, “We 48 GREENVILLEBUSINESSMAG.COM | JANUARY 2010 specialize in natural hormone replace- ment. Our treatment hormones are based on yams and soy oils.” While you might think that natural hormone replacement therapy would be most needed by menopausal women, it turns out that many people of greatly varying ages may have hormone shortages and fluctuations without knowing exactly what’s causing their symptoms of vague depression, lack of energy, lack of sex drive and so on. “We have clients from 23 years old to 93 years old,” says Oakes. The program is easy enough, the patient takes a blood test and his hormone levels are checked. There are numerous questionnaires to be filled out and then the supervising doctor and the patient together decide what is needed for the result that patient requires. Hormone replacement is still controversial. For years, menopausal women have been battered back and forth between the various choices – to replace or not to replace? To endure night sweats, personality changes and memory loss, or to undergo testing to determine whether hormone replacement is advisable. Oakes goes on to say, “ (Our plant based) hormones have been around since the 1930’s and they are being safely used in Europe and Asia.” Oakes cites one study in which Australian women were found to have an almost ten percent increase in bone density after they used natural hormone replacement pellet therapy. “This is far better than any prescription medicine traditionally used over the past ten years in the United States. Improvement in erectile dysfunction and sexual performance has been documented routinely.” ■ Publication List |
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