Do NOT get bio-identical hormones from Dr. Boyd!
I had the great displeasure of seeing Dr. Boyd in December 2005 because I was interested in bio-identical hormone replacement. I was not yet menopausal, but was experiencing peri-menopause symptoms.
After a 2 hour wait to see her, my initial appointment lasted all of 5 minutes. She *immediately* prescribed me everything under the sun, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and DHEA. Immediately. She did not wait for results of the blood work she ordered. She did not perform a pelvic exam. She did not want to see a pelvic ultrasound. She gave me the prescriptions that same day and said she could tell from my symptoms that I needed everything. I left her office, got my blood taken and picked up my prescriptions. Her office called about a week later to say the blood work was fine and I should continue as prescribed.
I was on HRT for about 3 weeks and could tell I wasn't feeling right and went to my internist because I simply didn't trust Dr. Boyd. He immediately ceased all hormones and said it was beyond careless to prescribe hormone replacement without establishing a baseline of what my body was doing on its own, which a single day snapshot cannot do. He reviewed the results of the blood work she had ordered and said it clearly showed I had adequate estrogen and he would never had recommended estrogen supplementation (that opinion has also been confirmed by my new OB/GYN). I went off HRT and did a month long saliva hormone profile. The profile showed signed of an ovarian cyst which an ultrasound confirmed. I will never know if that cyst was there before the HRT because she did not order one before giving me all those hormones. I am convinced that at the very least the supplemental estrogen fed the cyst, if it didn't cause it in the first place.
Bottom Line? Dr. Boyd is an irresponsible, ill-informed and, in my opinion, a dangerous physician. I've met other for
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