Options Wellness

11/11/2025

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11/11/2025

Big news in women’s health today! 👏

We agree with the FDA’s decision to remove the boxed warning on low-dose vaginal estrogen therapies used to treat genitourinary symptoms associated with menopause. The boxed warning may have been a deterrent to the use of the low-dose vaginal estrogen, which is a safe and effective therapy for a condition that affects most menopausal women. Systemic estrogen still comes with potential risks in certain individuals that should be reviewed in detail with women initiating therapy. As stated in The Menopause Society’s hormone therapy position statement, the risks are low for younger, healthy women initiating hormone therapy closer to the menopause transition. Risks are greater when initiated in older women and in those who are further from menopause onset. Medical comorbidities, personal and family histories, symptoms, and personal preferences all need to be reviewed with patients considering the use of hormone therapy for management of menopause symptoms or prevention of bone loss.

View The Menopause Society’s hormone therapy position statement at https://tinyurl.com/2h4zmav4.

11/07/2025

Free dentistry day tomorrow! 🦷 🪥

10/27/2025

🌧Monday, Monday -
It's a frustrating Monday, because yet again, I've seen a patient whose primary care physician told her there was nothing to treat her menopausal symptoms and that she was "just getting old."

Do you think they tell their MALE patients to just deal with erectile dysfunction, mood swings, joint pain, trouble sleeping, painful intercourse, or stress incontinence? That those are just part of "getting old?" Absolutely not.

Here at Options Wellness, "just getting old" is not a diagnosis. In this modern era of medicine we live longer, up to 40% of our lives are spent postmenopausal. It is wrong to expect women to just exist after our bodies are no longer able to bear children. Instead of telling patients "There is no treatment option for menopause," they should say "I am not educated in menopause, but there are treatment options out there and providers who are."

If you have been told that your symptoms are due to "just getting old," they're just "in your head," or that there is no available treatment option for you, come see us.

📱 256-866-3441
💻 Options-Wellness.com/Book-an-Appointment

10/20/2025

Greetings from the Vietnam War Memorial. This statue honors the Nurses who served. ✝️

10/15/2025

Vaginal estrogen is a game changer for chronic UTIs and dryness. It does not affect you systemically.

10/08/2025

It’s breast cancer awareness month!
Have you had your breast exam?
Are you due for a mammogram?

Call us for an appt! 256-866-3441 or book on the website options-wellness.com 🩷

10/06/2025

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10/06/2025

🍁We will be CLOSED on Monday, October 13 for Fall Break! 🍂