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 The
WHA Story
Our
story began more than 25 years ago when a young pharmacist, Marla
Ahlgrimm, was approached by a doctor who needed help with his
patient—a 35-year-old woman who suffered two weeks each month with
severe mood swings, irritability, and depression.
Through
research, Marla found that in Europe there was a name for the woman’s
condition—premenstrual syndrome.
She
also discovered that treatment options prescribed in Europe weren’t
available in the United States.
Marla
worked with the woman’s doctor to develop a special prescription
that would modify her hormonal fluctuations. Through Marla’s work,
the woman became the first patient diagnosed with severe PMS in the
United States, and the first to use natural progesterone.
"The
cloud lifted,"
was the exact phrase the woman used.
Doctors
learned of Marla’s success and soon brought new patients to her to
have individualized prescriptions filled. In 1982, in response to
the demand for customized prescription services, Marla co-founded
Madison Pharmacy Associates, the first compounding pharmacy in
America to specialize in women’s hormonal health.
Over
the years, many of Marla’s patients began coming to her for help
with other concerns, including perimenopause, menopause, and
osteoporosis.
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Marla Ahlgrimm,
R.Ph.
CEO and Founder,
Women’s Health America, Inc.
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She
and her staff continued their research and developed even more innovative,
individualized hormone therapies, and Women’s Health America was
born.
Our
Restore® Program—the first, and still the most
comprehensive hormone therapy program in the nation—revolutionized
hormone therapy by moving beyond the "one-size-fits-all"
approach to offer hormone testing, individualized prescription care,
and free follow-up testing to monitor outcomes.
Today,
the specialized nurses, pharmacists, and staff of Women’s Health
America have used Marla’s unique approach to work with more than
10,000 healthcare providers, offering individualized hormone therapy
to more than 300,000 women— restoring balance, one woman at
a time.
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