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Hello Hormones with Dr. Carrie Jones

Hello Hormones with Dr. Carrie Jones

89: 3 Things I've Changed My Mind About as a Hormone Doctor

Oct 23, 2026 · 19m

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Hormone therapy advice can sound strangely absolute, with one "safe" route, one "right" dose, and a list of options you have been told to avoid entirely. But research changes, medicine changes, and after 21 years as a hormone doctor (and now living in perimenopause myself), I do not see things the same way I did when I started. In this solo episode of Hello Hormones, I am sharing three things I have changed my mind about: oral estrogen, hormone pellets, and how much say women should have in adjusting their own hormone dose. I also talk about what shifted my thinking, why monitoring matters so much, and the one opinion I would happily change if better research came out. If you have ever been…