Member Hub

Care that fits into your life.

Many questions, refills, and treatment check-ins can happen between visits — without taking time off work, sitting in traffic, or waiting for another appointment. When a visit is helpful or needed, you can schedule one.

🔐 Patient Portal Messages · Documents & Handouts · lab uploads
🩺 Starting or continuing testosterone? It requires its own in-person visit — book that here, not the general "Book a visit" card below.
Book testosterone visit →
🔍 Wondering "is this working yet?" — your symptom tracker shows your timeline, medication by medication. Open tracker →
🚨 In an emergency, don't wait for us — messages aren't monitored in real time.
For chest pain, trouble breathing, a severe or sudden headache, very heavy vaginal bleeding, or swelling or pain in one leg — call 911 or go to the nearest ER. For other urgent but non-emergency concerns, use urgent care or your primary care provider.

How Care Works

Care doesn't have to wait for your next appointment.

What a typical interaction looks like, start to finish, when you message us through the portal.

Our care is built around your schedule. Instead of requiring an appointment every time you have a question, need a refill, or want us to check your progress, many routine check-ins can happen between visits through your symptom tracker and secure messaging.

Your plan can be reviewed and adjusted between visits — you don't have to wait for your next appointment just to tell us how you're doing. Complete the tracker for a routine progress review and you'll receive a written summary of recommendations within 5 business days. If you have a specific problem or question, message your provider directly and we'll respond within 24–48 business hours with the appropriate next step.

That means less time away from work, less driving and waiting, and more frequent opportunities for us to see how you're actually doing. When you'd rather talk things through, you can schedule a video visit. And when something needs a hands-on exam or in-person evaluation, we'll let you know and help coordinate the right next step. For anything urgent or an emergency, please use urgent care or the ER.

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Important: The symptom tracker is reviewed within 5 business days, but it is not monitored in real time. If you have a specific question, a new problem, or need a faster response, send your provider a portal message instead. For urgent symptoms, use urgent care or the ER.

Understanding Your Treatment

This is a process, not a one-time fix.

Hormone care works by starting, settling, and adjusting over time.

⭐ Most useful once you're a few weeks in

What improves when — and the benefits you won't feel

The honest timeline for estrogen: which symptoms respond in weeks, which take months, and where you likely are right now (enter your dose-change date and it tells you). Plus the long-term heart, bone, brain, and metabolic benefits, in plain language.

On testosterone, or on both? This guide is estrogen-specific — your symptom tracker tracks each medication's progress separately and is the more accurate read on how you're doing.

Read the guide
Your treatment plan

Where to find your plan

Starting 8/10/26, all treatment plans will be texted to you as a private, secure link you can view anytime. To open it, confirm your last name and date of birth, then enter a one-time code we text you.

Keep that link — your plan lives there. Just starting? Read the instructions in that first plan message carefully before doing anything else — it's your starting point for how to use your medication and what to expect. For questions about your plan, message your provider in the portal.

Message your provider in the portal
Start here

Finding your dose

Your starting dose is a starting point, not a verdict. Why we start conservative, why adjusting is the plan, and why feeling fully like yourself takes three to six months.

Read the guide
Deep dive

Estrogen & testosterone: the in-depth guides

~25-minute member guides covering what each hormone does, the honest safety picture, timing, and what to expect.

Browse everything

The full education library

Every guide in one place — foundational explainers and a guide for each symptom.

Open the library

Communication

Use the right channel.

The right channel gets your message to the right person — and you get a faster response.

Symptoms, medications, side effects
Scheduling, billing, membership
Emergency
Call 911 / go to the ER
Why did I get a text or email from this number?
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Text · Spruce
504-389-2078
Automated reminders — labs, refills, follow-ups, appointment reminders.No reply needed
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Text · Account alerts
504-291-6270
Things that affect your care or membership — read these right away.Read now
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Email · Our team
info@menopauselouisiana.com
Scheduling, billing, general questions from our admin team.
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Email · Optimantra
support@ or no-reply@optimantra.com
Patient portal notifications — legitimate even though the sender doesn't say "Menopause Clinic."
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Portal message
In Optimantra inbox
Direct messages from your provider. Always check the portal when expecting a clinical reply.
Confused about a message? Email info@menopauselouisiana.com and we'll help you sort it out.

Prescriptions

Refills, done without delays.

The rule

One decision, every time

  • Need your same medication/dose? → Refill form, at least 7 days before you run out.
  • Think your treatment needs adjusting? → Complete the tracker first. We can often review and adjust your plan between visits, and you'll receive a written summary of recommendations within 5 business days.
  • Have a specific problem or concern? → Message your provider directly — we'll respond within 24–48 business hours with the appropriate next step.
  • Keep your preferred pharmacy updated in the portal.
Avoid delays

Common refill problems

  • Pharmacy issue — price, stock, backorder? See the Pharmacy section below for the IF/THEN guide.
  • If a pharmacy says they contacted us and you haven't heard back, see the note in the Pharmacy section before messaging us.
Pharmacy section

Your Medications

How to use your medications.

Pick what you're on for dosing, side effects, and a step-by-step how-to.

ProgesteroneWhy bedtime matters, what's normal vs. what to flag
Vaginal estrogenCream · tablets · ring
TestosteroneTransdermal — see the Testosterone section for starting/continuing requirements

Testosterone

Your guide to testosterone.

Testosterone requires an in-person visit before you start and to keep refills going.

New to testosterone

I want to start

Review the requirements and process — including the in-person visit needed before you begin.

Currently on testosterone

I'm already taking it

Review requirements for continuing and monitoring — including the in-person visit needed to keep refills going.

Beyond libido

What testosterone does

A body-system overview — brain, mood, energy, muscle, bones, libido, heart, eyes, and bladder.

View the overview
Deep dive

Testosterone: the in-depth guide

The ~25-minute member guide — what it does, realistic timing, and the evidence behind it.

Read the guide

Weight & Metabolic Care

GLP-1 weight care, when it's right for you.

For some members, GLP-1 medication is a helpful next layer — decided through its own assessment.

Quick access

Weekly Weigh-In is just your weight, every week. GLP-1 Check-In is the fuller review — every 4 weeks while titrating, quarterly once you're in maintenance.

How it works

Who it's for

  • Eligibility is determined by a medical assessment — not guaranteed
  • Evaluated as its own workup, not at your initial visit
  • Includes dosing, titration, monitoring, side-effect support, pharmacy navigation
  • A signed GLP-1 Therapy Consent is required before your first visit
Start here

Read the weight care guide

Walks through what starting involves, the realistic timeline, and the $75/month add-on, dropping to $50/month after your efficacy checkpoint (medication billed separately). The evaluation itself is included in your membership.

Read the guide

Labs

Labs, when they're actually needed.

If labs are part of your plan, your provider will outline exactly what to do. The cash-pay option is by far the simplest — results come straight to us.

Wondering whether you need labs at all? Read: Do I need to have my hormones checked? →

★ Easiest path · Cash-pay

Cash-pay: start to finish

One flat fee, results sent directly to us. Here's the whole process:

  • 1 · Send us the cash-pay message below in the portal.
  • 2 · Watch your email for pricing and a payment link — pay from there.
  • 3 · Get your blood drawn following the email instructions.
  • 4 · That's it. Results route to us automatically — we review and message you.

Often the cheaper choice on a high-deductible plan.

Insurance option

Insurance: start to finish

Workable, but more falls on you — we have no visibility with outside labs, so tracking down and delivering your results is your responsibility.

  • 1 · Send us the insurance message below in the portal.
  • 2 · We upload your lab slip to Documents & Handouts.
  • 3 · Confirm your cost before any blood is drawn — cash-pay is usually cheaper above ~$150.
  • 4 · Take the slip to your in-network lab for the draw.
  • 5 · Retrieve results yourself — typically 10–12 days later.
  • 6 · Upload them to Documents & Handouts and message us — we can't review until you do. Step-by-step guide →
Ready to move forward

Pick your path and send it in the portal

Copy the message that matches how you want to do your labs, and paste it into your Optimantra portal.

Option A · Cash-pay (results come to us)

Hi — I'd like to do my labs through the cash-pay option, where results are sent directly to you. Please email me the flat-fee pricing and payment instructions. I'll watch for the email, follow the instructions, and pay from there. Thank you!

Option B · Insurance (results are my responsibility)

Hi — I'd like to use my insurance for my labs instead of the cash-pay option. I understand that means: - My provider will upload my lab slip to the portal under Documents & Handouts, and I'll watch for it there. - Before any blood is drawn, I'll use that lab slip to confirm my out-of-pocket cost with my insurance and/or the lab, depending on my plan. - I'll take the lab slip to an in-network lab for my draw. - Results from insurance labs do not come to the clinic automatically. Retrieving them is up to me — typically 10–12 days later, from the lab's portal or front desk. - Once I have my results, I'll upload them to the portal under Documents & Handouts, with my name and the test date showing — and then message you to let you know they're there, since you won't know when or where I had them done. - My provider can't review my results or make any changes until I've uploaded them and let you know. - Any lab fees are billed by the lab, not the clinic, and coverage isn't guaranteed. Please upload my lab slip. Thank you!
Before any lab draw — either path: stop all biotin supplements for 72 hours (Biotin, B7, Vitamin H — even hair/nail formulas).
Open portal to send

Pharmacy

Pharmacy problem?

High price · out of stock · backorder · prior authorization · want to switch

Our dedicated Pharmacy Help Guide will tell you whether to contact the pharmacy, transfer your prescription, submit a refill request, or message us — for every one of these situations.

Use the Pharmacy Help Guide
If a pharmacy says they contacted us and we haven't responded: ask them for a copy of exactly what they sent — fax, ePrescribe screenshot, whatever's on file — and upload it to the portal under Documents & Handouts. Pharmacies sometimes send to outdated numbers, and a copy lets us see what happened right away.

Preventive Health

Preventive screenings save lives.

As your direct primary care for this stage of life, we handle the screenings tied to it and coordinate the rest.

We order & manage

Part of your care here

  • Lipid panel — heart health
  • A1C / fasting glucose — blood sugar
  • Thyroid panel
  • DEXA scan — bone density
  • Breast cancer screening — risk review & clinical exam
Message your provider
We coordinate

Coordinated with your other care

  • Mammogram — kept with your PCP for continuity
  • Colon cancer screening — ages 45–75
  • Cervical cancer (Pap/HPV) — ages 30–65
  • Immunizations & mental health care
Full screening guide
Not sure what's due? Message us — we'll talk through what's relevant for your age and history.
Out-of-state pharmacies: We're licensed in Louisiana, so we can only send prescriptions to Louisiana pharmacies. Traveling? Your Louisiana pharmacy may be able to transfer your prescription to one near you — call to ask. Mississippi licensing is coming soon.

Common Questions

FAQ

Yes — and this is a legal requirement, not a preference. Our providers hold Louisiana licenses, so you must be physically located in Louisiana at the time of every interaction with us. That includes all telehealth and in-person visits, all portal messaging, and any symptom-tracker check-in you submit for provider review. If you're traveling out of state, please wait until you're back in Louisiana before messaging, completing a tracker for review, or attending a visit.
No — we're licensed in Louisiana, so prescriptions can only go to Louisiana pharmacies. If you're traveling, ask your Louisiana pharmacy whether they can transfer your prescription to a pharmacy near you; most can. (Testosterone has transfer rules that require us — message the portal first.) We're working on Mississippi licensing and will announce when it's live.
No. Most questions are handled through portal messaging. We'll recommend a visit when it's the safest or most efficient option — you don't need to wait for one to get answers.
Yes, always. The tracker is how we walk into your visit already knowing your data — so we can spend our time together talking through what matters to you. Complete a tracker check-in before any follow-up visit.
Not usually. Adjustments are a normal and expected part of hormone care as your body changes. The best outcomes come from tracking and communicating consistently over time. For the full picture, see the Finding Your Dose guide.
Varies by symptom, medication, and person. Most hormone changes take 4–6 weeks to show their full effect, and sleep can take 4–12 weeks. For the estrogen-specific timeline, see What Improves When. If you're on testosterone or on both, your symptom tracker is the more accurate way to see progress, since it tracks each medication separately.
In your portal handouts. We include evidence-based education because there are many misconceptions about perimenopause, menopause, and HRT — we want you informed.
Message your provider through the portal. The tracker isn't monitored in real time — so if you have a concern, a direct message is always the right move.
Start at the pharmacy pricing & availability page. It has IF/THEN guidance for high prices, out-of-stock, backorders, and prior auths — and tells you when to use the refill request form vs. when to message us.
Email info@menopauselouisiana.com with your full name, date of birth, and what records you need. We respond to records requests within 10 business days.

Membership

Membership & billing.

What's included

What your membership covers

Your membership is built around continuous care between visits — not pay-per-visit. It includes:

  • Unlimited portal messaging with your provider for clinical questions
  • Dose adjustments and refills managed through your tracker and messages
  • Your symptom tracker and ongoing review of how you're doing
  • Preventive screenings we order and manage, plus coordination with your PCP
  • Lab coordination and the education library

Some add-ons are billed separately — GLP-1 weight care (+$75/month) and the testosterone rider. Medications and outside lab fees are billed by the pharmacy or lab, not by us.

Billing start
Billing begins on the day you join.
Recurring
Your membership is a recurring subscription — it renews and bills automatically on your plan's schedule until you cancel. There's nothing to re-enroll.
Cancellation
Cancel anytime with 10 days' notice by emailing info@menopauselouisiana.com. Membership fees are non-refundable once charged.
Failed payments
A failed payment may pause your care within 24 hours. If unresolved after 5 business days, your membership may be canceled.
Questions
Email info@menopauselouisiana.com for billing questions, receipts, or membership changes.
Medical records
Email info@menopauselouisiana.com with your full name, date of birth, and what records you need. Response within 10 business days.

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