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When you walk into a pharmacy and ask for the pharmacist, you should know who's going to walk up. A lot of the time you ...
10/17/2026

When you walk into a pharmacy and ask for the pharmacist, you should know who's going to walk up. A lot of the time you don't, and that's one of the things we wanted to be different about Kitch.

Most days the one behind the counter is Lauren and the questions people bring a pharmacist are rarely about one bottle. They're about the five bottles at home, the lab result that came back fine, and the thing a friend swears by. Those questions get better answers from somebody who knows you, and most people only ask them once they know us.

So come in and meet us. Ask for Lauren at the counter and hear how we can best support your wellness goals!

Estrogen does more in your brain than anyone told you. It helps the chemistry of memory and focus, helps your brain use ...
10/16/2026

Estrogen does more in your brain than anyone told you. It helps the chemistry of memory and focus, helps your brain use sugar for fuel, and keeps blood flowing to the parts that do the thinking. Think of estrogen as the voltage coming into the house. When the power company changes the voltage, every appliance still works, but the lights are dimmer and the toaster takes longer. In perimenopause, estrogen stops holding steady, and some women's brains adjust to the new supply without much trouble while others' don't. That's wiring, not character, and it can start while your cycles are still regular.

Hormones aren't the only thing in the room, either. A stress hormone that stays high lands hardest on the memory center. Blood sugar that spikes and crashes makes three in the afternoon feel like a wall. A thyroid that isn't converting, and a gut that's out of balance, each add fog of their own. Every one of those can be measured, and several of them can be changed.

If this is you, come talk to us. We'll look at the whole picture. Stop by or give us a call.

Here is what the the usual thyroid test looks at. Your thyroid mostly makes a storage form of thyroid hormone, and your ...
10/15/2026

Here is what the the usual thyroid test looks at. Your thyroid mostly makes a storage form of thyroid hormone, and your body has to convert it into the active form before your cells can use it. The standard check reads the signal from your brain and sometimes the storage form, and that's a reasonable first step. What it doesn't read is how well the conversion is going. Think of the storage form as food in the pantry and the active form as food on the plate. A full pantry doesn't feed anybody, and a lot of women are walking around with a full pantry and an empty plate.

Stress is the most common reason. When your stress hormone stays high, your body converts less thyroid hormone into the active form and more into an inactive look-alike that fits the same spot but doesn't start the engine. So the storage tank reads full, the signal reads normal, and you're still cold at two in the afternoon.

A fuller thyroid panel looks at the active form and the look-alike next to the usual number, and we read it alongside your stress hormone, your iron, and the medicines you already take, because a few common ones change how a thyroid pill works. And a hair, skin, and nails vitamin with biotin in it can make a thyroid test read wrong, so tell whoever draws your blood if you take one.

If you've been told your thyroid is fine and you still feel like the heat's off, come talk to us. We'll look at the whole picture, and if you're already on a thyroid medicine, we'll work on it with your doctor. Stop by or give us a call.

Thinning hair has a hormone behind it, and it's one most women have never been told about.Your body turns a small amount...
10/14/2026

Thinning hair has a hormone behind it, and it's one most women have never been told about.

Your body turns a small amount of testosterone into a stronger hormone called DHT, and that happens in women as well as men. If your hair follicles are sensitive to DHT, they shrink a little at a time, so each new hair grows in thinner and some follicles stop growing hair at all. That's why the part gets wider and the ponytail gets smaller, and it's why a biotin gummy on its own usually doesn't change much.

Saw palmetto is a plant extract that has been studied for limiting how much DHT the body makes, and it's one of the main ingredients in Hello Gorgeous, our product of the month. It's two capsules a day, with the saw palmetto alongside MSM, silica, and biotin, which are the raw materials your body uses to build a strand of hair. In a two-year study, about four in ten men who took saw palmetto every day saw more hair growth.

Hello Gorgeous is 15% off in the store through October 31. Bring in whatever you're already taking for your hair, and we'll tell you honestly whether this one belongs on your counter.

I became a pharmacist over 30 years ago, and so much has changed in healthcare since then. At Kitch Pharmacy, I can conf...
10/13/2026

I became a pharmacist over 30 years ago, and so much has changed in healthcare since then. At Kitch Pharmacy, I can confidently say we don’t stop learning once we earn our licenses and certifications. Healthcare and personalized medicine are always evolving, so we make it a priority to travel and learn from some of the best minds in the field to better serve our patients.

This past weekend, I had a great time learning at the A4M Women’s Health Conference, and I even got to chat with Dr. Jolene Brighten and have her sign my book!

10/12/2026

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I was eleven years into pharmacy in 2002, when a hormone study made the evening news, and for a lot of women one word fr...
10/09/2026

I was eleven years into pharmacy in 2002, when a hormone study made the evening news, and for a lot of women one word from that night stuck for the next twenty years: hormones.

Last November, twenty-three years later, the FDA announced it was taking the boxed warning off menopausal hormone therapy. So it's worth knowing what that famous study actually tested, because it wasn't "hormones," it was one recipe.

It tested one estrogen, made from horses, and one progestin, which is a synthetic stand-in for progesterone rather than the progesterone your body makes. Both were taken by mouth, at one dose, by women whose average age was sixty-three. Change any line of that recipe and you're cooking a different dish.

The study's own authors wrote that their results might not apply to other doses, other forms, or hormones taken through the skin. That isn't me arguing with the study, it's the study's own footnote.

There is so much confusion around women's hormones but we want to be a place that helps educate women while providing personalized care, not one sized fits all. If you have any questions, stop by or give us a call.

10/08/2026

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Can perimenopause really start in your thirties? I get asked that more and more, usually by a woman who's heard she's to...
10/08/2026

Can perimenopause really start in your thirties? I get asked that more and more, usually by a woman who's heard she's too young for it, and the honest answer is yes, it can.

The transition doesn't start the day your periods stop. It starts years before that, while your cycles still look regular on the calendar. The signal your brain sends to your ovaries is already turning up, and progesterone, the calming hormone that shows up in the second half of every month, is usually the first one to start fading. Estrogen doesn't go up. It just stops being a steady level and turns into a swing, high one month and low the next.

Picture standing with one foot on a trapeze that's moving. That's what a woman in her late thirties can be living on while she's calling it PMS, or stress, or a bad month. Heavier periods, tender breasts, a mood that turns on a dime, weight that settles around the middle, sleep that isn't what it was, a foggy head. All of that can be the swing.

It's also why one blood draw on a Tuesday can come back fine. A single draw is a snapshot of something that's moving, and checking the basics is still the right first step. It just doesn't always catch a hormone that's swinging. For a woman under forty-five, the honest measurement is the pattern across a whole month, not the number on one day.

"Too young" isn't the test. How you feel is. If you've been told it's just PMS and something in you says it's more than that, you aren't being dramatic. You might just be standing on the trapeze.

If your thirties don't feel like your thirties, come talk to us. We can map your hormones across a month instead of guessing from one day. Stop by or give us a call.

So thankful for the Uplift & Inspire Conference! We loved connecting with the many inspiring women today. Grateful for t...
10/06/2026

So thankful for the Uplift & Inspire Conference! We loved connecting with the many inspiring women today. Grateful for the opportunity to speak about personalized medicine and women's hormones in one of the breakout rooms today. Make sure to follow and like their page! The U&I Conference

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