{"slug":"hormones","tag":"hormones","variants":["hormones"],"description":"No description yet","count":1,"kinds":{"technology":1},"related":[{"slug":"rejuvenation","tag":"rejuvenation","shared":1},{"slug":"survivorship","tag":"survivorship","shared":1},{"slug":"unproven","tag":"unproven","shared":1}],"records":[{"id":"rejuv-frontier-hormone-pellets","kind":"technology","name":"Compounded hormone pellets","route":"/technologies/rejuv-frontier-hormone-pellets/","status":"emerging","tldr":"Pellets of compounded oestrogen and testosterone are implanted under the skin and sold as a way to feel young again. The National Academies reviewed the evidence and told prescribers to restrict their use: the claim that compounded preparations are safer or more effective than approved hormone products is not supported, and nobody checks what is in them."}]}