Welcome to the Biote Medical Journal
The Biote Medical Journal supports the continued education of Biote providers. These regularly-published articles will serve to bolster clinical competency, positively impact understanding of health and disease prevention via the Biote Method, and keep the Biote provider network up to date on the most relevant research and practice recommendations.
The Addition of Triamcinolone to Testosterone Pellets to Address Extrusions: Is There Any Evidence?
The addition of triamcinolone to compounded testosterone pellets has been recommended in an unpublished, company-sponsored white paper […] CONTINUE READING ›
Decoding Perimenopause Part III: The Hormonal Rollercoaster and Risk for Pregnancy
Although conception is less likely as menses become erratic, pregnancies do occur during the perimenopause. […] CONTINUE READING ›
Decoding Perimenopause Part II: Strategies for Irregular Bleeding
Perimenopause is the transition, which may last as many as 8-10 years, from regular ovulatory menstrual cycles through intermittent […] CONTINUE READING ›
Decoding Perimenopause Part I*: Strategies for Diagnosis and Management
No time can be more challenging for both women and their providers than the 10 years or so that […] CONTINUE READING ›
The Cardiovascular Benefits of Testosterone Treatment: A Comprehensive Review
Testosterone, which is an important hormone in both males and females, plays a crucial role in various physiological processes […] CONTINUE READING ›
Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) and Dementia: What’s the Truth?
There is extensive literature documenting that postmenopausal (PMP) estradiol (E2) therapy improves vasomotor symptoms […] CONTINUE READING ›
Testosterone Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease: The TRAVERSE Trial
A thorough literature review affirms that in males with testosterone deficiency (TD), testosterone […] CONTINUE READING ›
Andropause and Why Pelleted Testosterone is the Best Choice for Men
The hormonal transition of menopause doesn’t just occur in females. Andropause or male […] CONTINUE READING ›
Commentary: US Preventative Services Task Force (USPTF) Update on Hormone Replacement Therapy (Nov. 2022)
Mainstream societies continue to promote a narrow, outdated view of hormone replacement […] CONTINUE READING ›
My Pellet Patient is Complaining of Hair Loss… Now What?
There is no evidence that T or T therapy is a cause of hair loss in either men or […] CONTINUE READING ›
Effectively Managing the PCOS Conundrum
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrinopathies in women, affecting between 8-13% of women. […] CONTINUE READING ›
My Doctor Says My Thyroid is Normal! Why Optimizing Your Thyroid Matters
My doctor says my thyroid is normal!” How many times have we heard this exact phrase from our patients? […] CONTINUE READING ›
Postmenopausal Bleeding on Hormone Therapy: Practice Pearls
The endometrial lining of a postmenopausal patient is inactive and thus free of cyclical changes that are characteristics of […] CONTINUE READING ›
Vitamin D Monitoring and Supplementation are Unnecessary: SAY WHAT?!
Vitamin D deficiency is widely recognized as a worldwide epidemic and public health concern. More than 60% of post-menopausal […] CONTINUE READING ›
Reducing Male Extrusions and the T100 Protocol
Pellet therapy delivers consistent bioidentical testosterone in a physiologic manner for men and has many advantages over injections, gels, […] CONTINUE READING ›