'''Loopa tracks hormone therapy the same way it tracks every other protocol.''' Doses, symptoms, sleep, check-ins and labs, in your own words and your own numbers.
'''Loopa has no opinion on your therapy.''' It does not suggest a dose, a level, a lab schedule or a change.
'''This covers hormone therapy of every kind''', including menopausal hormone therapy and gender-affirming feminizing therapy. One protocol type, one set of screens.
'''Protocols are a Loopa Premium feature.'''
== Setting it up ==
'''Health › Protocols › Hormone therapy.'''
- '''More than one compound is normal''', so add each with its own schedule.
- '''Names are free text.''' Loopa holds no catalog of compounds.
- '''Route and site''' come from a fixed body map where the route has sites. Gels and patches have none, and Loopa says so rather than asking for one.
Everything you type is encrypted with your own key.
== What changes across the app ==
Each of these is a default you can change, and each says where it came from:
- '''Protein defaults to 1.4 g/kg''', adjustable between 1.2 and 6.0. PROT-AGE recommends at least 1.2 g/kg for older adults who are active (Bauer et al., 2013).
- '''Calories are treated as a ceiling.'''
- '''Recovery is weighted up''', so the week plan offers at most two heavy days.
- '''Training leans toward bone loading.''' High-intensity resistance and impact training improved bone density and function in postmenopausal women with low bone mass in the LIFTMOR trial (Watson et al., 2018), and resistance training stresses bone in a way that can strengthen it (NIAMS, NIH).
- '''A sleep card appears''' on the check-in, because sleep is one of the things people most often want to track through this.
The reason bone is foregrounded: bone loss is fastest from about a year before the final menstrual period through two years after it (Greendale et al., SWAN, 2012). Body composition also shifts across the transition (Greendale et al., 2019).
== Symptoms and sleep ==
Log symptoms with a severity, and check in on energy and sleep. Over time that becomes a trend you can show somebody rather than describe from memory. Changes in sleep are among the symptoms the National Institute on Aging describes for this period.
'''Loopa does not interpret any of it.''' It counts, charts and hands it back.
== Labs ==
Enter results as panels dated to the report. '''No reference ranges are shown and nothing is flagged.''' Ranges depend on the assay, the timing and you.
== A coach can be shown a summary, if you say so ==
A granted coach sees the '''pattern, schedule and wellbeing''' view: the shape of your protocol, your dose days and your wellbeing trend. '''No compound name, no amount, no lab value.''' Off until you turn it on, per coach, and withdrawable.
== What Loopa will never do ==
- Suggest, set or change a dose or its timing.
- Tell you a level is low, high or optimal.
- Recommend a lab schedule.
- Take a view on whether you should be on anything.
== Related ==
- [[medication-protocols|Medication protocols]]
- [[logging-a-dose-a-missed-dose-or-a-change|Logging a dose, a missed dose or a change]]
- [[sleep-and-recovery|Sleep and recovery]]
- [[your-week-plan|Your week, around your cycle]]
- [[dexa-scans-and-body-composition|DEXA scans and body composition]]
- [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]]
== Where this comes from ==
Bone loading is from the LIFTMOR trial (Watson et al., 2018) and NIAMS; the timing of bone loss is from SWAN (Greendale et al., 2012); body-composition change across the transition is Greendale et al. (2019); the protein figure is PROT-AGE (Bauer et al., 2013); the symptom description is the National Institute on Aging. Full citations are at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.'''
[[Category:Health tracking]]
'''Loopa tracks hormone therapy the same way it tracks every other protocol.''' Doses, symptoms, sleep, check-ins and labs, in your own words and your own numbers. '''Loopa has no opinion on your therapy.''' It does not suggest a dose, a level, a lab schedule or a change. '''This covers hormone therapy of every kind''', including menopausal hormone therapy and gender-affirming feminizing therapy. One protocol type, one set of screens. '''Protocols are a Loopa Premium feature.''' == Setting it up == '''Health › Protocols › Hormone therapy.''' * '''More than one compound is normal''', so add each with its own schedule. * '''Names are free text.''' Loopa holds no catalog of compounds. * '''Route and site''' come from a fixed body map where the route has sites. Gels and patches have none, and Loopa says so rather than asking for one. Everything you type is encrypted with your own key. == What changes across the app == Each of these is a default you can change, and each says where it came from: * '''Protein defaults to 1.4 g/kg''', adjustable between 1.2 and 6.0. PROT-AGE recommends at least 1.2 g/kg for older adults who are active (Bauer et al., 2013). * '''Calories are treated as a ceiling.''' * '''Recovery is weighted up''', so the week plan offers at most two heavy days. * '''Training leans toward bone loading.''' High-intensity resistance and impact training improved bone density and function in postmenopausal women with low bone mass in the LIFTMOR trial (Watson et al., 2018), and resistance training stresses bone in a way that can strengthen it (NIAMS, NIH). * '''A sleep card appears''' on the check-in, because sleep is one of the things people most often want to track through this. The reason bone is foregrounded: bone loss is fastest from about a year before the final menstrual period through two years after it (Greendale et al., SWAN, 2012). Body composition also shifts across the transition (Greendale et al., 2019). == Symptoms and sleep == Log symptoms with a severity, and check in on energy and sleep. Over time that becomes a trend you can show somebody rather than describe from memory. Changes in sleep are among the symptoms the National Institute on Aging describes for this period. '''Loopa does not interpret any of it.''' It counts, charts and hands it back. == Labs == Enter results as panels dated to the report. '''No reference ranges are shown and nothing is flagged.''' Ranges depend on the assay, the timing and you. == A coach can be shown a summary, if you say so == A granted coach sees the '''pattern, schedule and wellbeing''' view: the shape of your protocol, your dose days and your wellbeing trend. '''No compound name, no amount, no lab value.''' Off until you turn it on, per coach, and withdrawable. == What Loopa will never do == * Suggest, set or change a dose or its timing. * Tell you a level is low, high or optimal. * Recommend a lab schedule. * Take a view on whether you should be on anything. == Related == * [[medication-protocols|Medication protocols]] * [[logging-a-dose-a-missed-dose-or-a-change|Logging a dose, a missed dose or a change]] * [[sleep-and-recovery|Sleep and recovery]] * [[your-week-plan|Your week, around your cycle]] * [[dexa-scans-and-body-composition|DEXA scans and body composition]] * [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]] == Where this comes from == Bone loading is from the LIFTMOR trial (Watson et al., 2018) and NIAMS; the timing of bone loss is from SWAN (Greendale et al., 2012); body-composition change across the transition is Greendale et al. (2019); the protein figure is PROT-AGE (Bauer et al., 2013); the symptom description is the National Institute on Aging. Full citations are at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' [[Category:Health tracking]]
