When you are ready to consider hormone therapy, there are a few things you may want to think about. There is the old type of hormone, that ids a synthetic. It has really come under fore lately for the side effects it may cause. Some of those are very serious. I know when I am ready, and am at the time in my life where I need to have hormone therapy, I will ask for Bioidentical Hormone therapy. These are the same type of hormones that were produced by our body, not a fake. Your body will thank you for the extra attention to detail.