Editing Hormone (section)

==Therapeutic use==
{{Main|Hormone therapy}}
Many hormones and their [[structural analog|structural]] and [[functional analog (chemistry)|functional analogs]] are used as [[medication]]. The most commonly prescribed hormones are [[estrogen]]s and [[progestogen]]s (as methods of [[hormonal contraception]] and as [[Hormone replacement therapy (menopause)|HRT]]),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/15245-hormone-therapy |title= Hormone Therapy |publisher= Cleveland Clinic}}</ref> [[thyroxine]] (as [[levothyroxine]], for [[hypothyroidism]]) and [[steroid]]s (for [[autoimmune disease]]s and several [[pulmonology|respiratory disorders]]). [[Insulin]] is used by many [[diabetes mellitus|diabetics]]. Local preparations for use in [[otolaryngology]] often contain [[pharmacology|pharmacologic]] equivalents of [[adrenaline]], while [[steroid]] and [[vitamin D]] creams are used extensively in [[dermatology|dermatological]] practice.<ref>{{Cite book | vauthors = Sfetcu N |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jF-AwAAQBAJ&dq=Local+preparations+for+use+in+otolaryngology+often+contain+pharmacologic+equivalents+of+adrenaline%2C+while+steroid+and+vitamin+D+creams+are+used+extensively+in+dermatological+practice&pg=PA1126 |title=Health & Drugs: Disease, Prescription & Medication |date=2014-05-02 |publisher=Nicolae Sfetcu |language=en}}</ref>

A "pharmacologic dose" or "supraphysiological dose" of a hormone is a medical usage referring to an amount of a hormone far greater than naturally occurs in a healthy body. The effects of pharmacologic doses of hormones may be different from responses to naturally occurring amounts and may be therapeutically useful, though not without potentially adverse side effects. An example is the ability of pharmacologic doses of [[glucocorticoid]]s to suppress [[inflammation]].