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Originally posted Here from the blog of Dr. Erika Schwartz.

1. Bioidentical hormones are medications, they are not natural products. They are manufactured by drug companies from soy and yam oils. The only natural thing about them is their molecular formula which is identical to the molecular formula of hormones our bodies make. That is a crucial piece of information that unfortunately for all of us, most conventional doctors aren’t aware of.
2. Bioidentical estradiol looks like the estradiol your body makes, progesterone looks like the progesterone your body makes, testosterone looks like the testosterone your body makes and estriol looks like the estriol your body makes when you are pregnant (because your body does not make any measurable estriol when you are not pregnant).
3. The term bioidentical is not a marketing term, it is a descriptive term. It describes the biologically identical molecular formula born by bioidentical hormones. It is a term that makes the important distinction between bioidentical hormones and non biologically identical hormones.
4. Bioidentical estradiol, progesterone and testosterone are FDA approved. Estradiol and testosterone can only be obtained by prescription through a licensed medical practitioner (some states allow nurse practitioners to write prescriptions while others do not). Estriol is not FDA approved.
5. Progesterone is the only bioidentical hormone available without prescription in low doses, 50 mg or less per unit dose.