Are Bio-Identical Hormones Synthetic?
In general, hormones only come from two sources: animal sources or synthetic sources. The goal with bio-identical hormone replacement is that we are replacing exactly what the body is missing. So in fact the source is less important actually as long as the goal of re-producing natural and healthy hormone levels is kept intact. As an example, many “natural” hormones such as the now famous Premarin are far from bio-identical (Premarin is the most common form of Estrogen replacement and it is taken from the urine of pregnant horses). So the question is not really relevant as Premarin is clearly natural, but is far from Bio-Identical. Having said that, Dr. Camp of course prefers to use “natural” hormones over synthetic versions as long as they are bio-identical.
