Stella has everything you need to help during perimenopause and menopause, including access to clinical support with board-certified clinicians experienced in women’s health, tailored lifestyle change plans through our menopause app, and prescriptions for FDA-regulated hormone therapy, if right for you.

Get started with our assessment which asks questions about your health. It is designed for those aged 35 to 70 years.

The Stella menopause app gives holistic support through access to live coaches and a library of articles curated by experts.

No, we rarely need to test your hormones to identify your menopause stage. We will perform a blood test if your assessment indicates it would be helpful, but most women do not need any tests before starting treatment.

If you have not had a period for 12 months, you can be very confident that you are in menopause and confirmation by testing your hormone levels is rarely required. Likewise, there isn’t a reliable hormone test to find out if you are in perimenopause, but bleeding patterns and symptoms are accurate in people over age 44. Starting hormone therapy treatment while in perimenopause is the best approach for your healthcare. You can read more in this article.

You may have seen that some clinics and providers recommend one or more hormone tests, but this may be more about generating revenue than understanding your health. It is difficult to get a reliable understanding of your reproductive hormone levels from single tests as they are constantly fluctuating in perimenopause. Your FSH, estradiol, and progesterone levels could be radically different even by the next day. The danger is that you and your healthcare provider will make the wrong decisions based on a false-positive or false-negative test.

A large study concluded that the most accurate way to decide whether you are in perimenopause or menopause is by careful evaluation of your bleeding history and symptoms. Currently available hormone tests do not increase the accuracy of diagnosis. Symptoms include:

• A change in periods
• Hot flashes
• Fatigue
• Mood changes, including low mood, anxiety, and irritability among others
• Sleep issues
• Problems with memory and concentration, including brain fog
• Weight gain
• Vaginal symptoms, including burning, tightness, dryness, painful sex, itching
• Urinary symptoms, including recurrent infections, needing to pee more often and pain when peeing

Our assessment evaluates all of these symptoms. Read more about testing for menopause.

HT is also referred to as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and menopausal hormone therapy (MHT). We prescribe FDA-cleared medications that are proven to be safe and effective treatments for menopause symptoms including hot flashes, mood changes, and sleep problems. FDA-regulated medications are manufactured to exacting standards that are constantly monitored.

There are many FDA-cleared HT medications that are identical to those made in your body. These are sometimes referred to as body identical. Body identical HT medications are not the same as bioidentical HT medications.

When body identical HT is produced by regulated pharmaceutical companies, there are strict quality control processes in place to guarantee the strength, purity, and safety of the product supplied.

Unregulated compounded bioidentical HT is not currently recommended due to concerns about the safety and reliability of the medications provided, the testing processes used to recommend doses, and the way these hormones are administered.

There are more than 30 perimenopause and menopause symptoms and we can help with most of them, such as vaginal dryness, hot flashes, mood changes, sleep issues, brain fog, low energy and fatigue, and more!

Some private or employer-designated insurance providers may pay for Stella, but this depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. If you opt to pay out-of-pocket, we can provide you with the appropriate receipts to provide to your insurance provider for possible reimbursement.

You may be able to use your HSA (Health Saving Account) and FSA (Flexible Spending Account) to pay for Stella at checkout.

We are rapidly expanding our insurance coverage to widen access to our menopause care.

Virtual care is much more convenient without the travel and waiting time you might experience with an in-person visit.

When you talk to a clinician online you get the same high-quality advice. They will review your menopause assessment answers before your consultation so you can make the most of your time together.

Our online consultations are easy to use. We will email you a link to connect and you can use the camera on your phone, laptop, or other device. If you have a question, our customer care team is here to help you find the answers you need. You can contact them on (866) 856-2140 (toll free) or email support@onstella.com.