Choosing a Hormone Doctor in Roswell, GA

If you are looking for help with hormones in the Roswell area, the hard part is not finding a practice. It is working out which one will actually investigate before prescribing. This page is about how to tell.

Questions Worth Asking Any Practitioner

• What will you test, and when in my cycle? Hormones follow daily and monthly rhythms. Someone who does not care about timing is not reading the result properly.
• What will you rule out first? Thyroid, iron, vitamin D and sleep quality produce the same symptoms as a hormone problem, and should be checked before anything is prescribed.
• Is what you would prescribe FDA-approved, or compounded? Both exist, they are not the same, and you should be told which you are being offered.
• What happens if it does not work? A good answer involves retesting and reassessment, not simply a higher dose.
• Will you coordinate with my other doctors? The answer should be yes, without hesitation.

Signals Worth Walking Away From

• A pellet inserted at the first appointment, before any testing. Pellets cannot be removed once placed, so that ordering is backwards.
• "Bioidentical means safer." It does not. Bioidentical describes chemistry, not risk, and compounded preparations are not FDA-approved.
• A supplement package sold at the same visit as the diagnosis.
• Reluctance to hand over your own lab results.
• Any promise about how you will feel by a specific date.

How We Approach It

We test before prescribing and retest to see what actually changed. We look at thyroid, iron, vitamin D, blood sugar and sleep alongside sex hormones, because those are frequently the real answer. Where hormone therapy is appropriate we offer it, including bioidentical preparations, and we are straightforward about what the evidence does and does not support.

The detail is on our hormone balancing page, and the patient education library covers the FDA-approved versus compounded distinction and what the 2020 National Academies review found. For the symptom side, see the signs of hormonal imbalance and what sits upstream of it.

Practical Details

We are at 1130 Upper Hembree Rd in Roswell, GA 30076, and see patients from Alpharetta, Marietta, Johns Creek, Milton and across the north metro. Our fees page sets out what visits cost and what to ask your insurer, and the new patient guide explains what a first appointment involves.

Call (770) 674-6311 or request an appointment. None of this diagnoses anything or replaces the care of your own doctor.