Patch Versus Pill for Menopause Hormones

Two ways to take the same hormones

Patch versus pill is a question about how menopause hormones are taken. To work it through, take the questions in the verdict below to a prescriber, and use the table to see who in Tracy and Lodi lists hormone therapies. For a plain overview of the options, start with this menopause treatment guide.

What the patch-or-pill count can and cannot show

Because patch versus pill is a hormone question, our methodology sorts providers by one measure, hormone metabolic therapies listed, which is how many hormone and metabolic therapies each lists on its own website. The Lodi clinic Sanara Medicine stands apart: its hormone optimization page at sanaramedicine.com lists 9 therapies. Every other provider is in Tracy and recorded 1 or 0. The counts show how much a provider lists. They do not show results, safety or quality, and they say nothing about whether a provider prescribes a patch or a pill.

Providers by therapies listed

Providers are sorted from the most therapies listed to the fewest.

What each row tells you

• Sanara Medicine. The only provider based in Lodi. Its Google profile carries these categories: medical clinic, men's health physician, women's health clinic, skin care clinic, weight loss service and wellness center. A Google rating is unavailable for it in our records.
• The Chinese Medicine Health Clinic. Google lists it under alternative medicine practitioner, acupuncture clinic, doctor, holistic medicine practitioner and weight loss service. Its count is low, so ask what its one listed therapy is.
• Aura IV & Wellness. Google lists it as an IV therapy service. That category does not say whether it handles menopause hormones.
• Belief Homeopathy Tracy. Google lists it as a homeopath. Ask what it offers for menopause, and who prescribes if a prescription is involved.
• Dr.Lanie Quan - Equilibrate Acupuncture. Google lists it under alternative medicine practitioner, acupuncture clinic, holistic medicine practitioner, pain control clinic and wellness center. Its site lists no hormone therapies, so ask before you book whether it handles hormone questions at all.
• Essential Wellness Loft. Google lists it under alternative medicine practitioner and wellness center. Ask who provides care before you ask about hormones.
• Expert Homeopathy at Tracy. Google lists it as a homeopath. Its site lists no hormone therapies.
• Goji Acupuncture & Herbs - Cindy Tsui, L.Ac. Google lists it under acupuncturist, Chinese medicine clinic, holistic medicine practitioner and medical clinic. Ask whether herbs it offers mix with any hormone you take.
• I-Hsuan Shen, D.O. Google lists this provider as a family practice physician. A general category, so ask whether menopause hormones are part of the practice.
• Jasdeep Dhami, M.D. Google lists this provider as a family practice physician. The same question applies.
• mariayogiwellness. Google lists it as an alternative medicine practitioner. A Google rating is unavailable for it in our records.
• Optmz State Spine, Movement, & Wellness Center. Google lists it as a chiropractor. Its site lists no hormone therapies.
• Savneet Kaur, M.D. Google lists this provider as a family practice physician. Ask the same question as for the other family practice listings.
• Spiritus ~ Sacred Somatic Wellness~Bodywork by Tricia - Massage/Craniosacral. Google lists it as a wellness center. Its site lists no hormone therapies.
• Total Wellness Chiropractic Office. Google lists it as a chiropractor. Its site lists no hormone therapies.

Questions to take to a prescriber

If you are weighing a patch against a pill, start with the provider that lists the most hormone therapies, then bring the same questions to anyone else you see. Ask why this form suits you, what would make you switch, what to report in the first weeks, and how you will both know it is working. If a provider offers "bioidentical" hormones, ask whether that means a patch, a pill or something else, and read an explainer on bioidentical hormones first.

On our count, Sanara Medicine in Lodi lists the most hormone and metabolic therapies, and Tracy providers list few or none. That is a reason to ask, not a promise about results. Use the provider list to sharpen your questions, and leave the choice of form to you and your prescriber.