Saturday, January 09, 2010
Prempro. Back in 2002, up to 6 million American women were taking this hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drug, convinced (as were their doctors) that it worked miracles against the ravages of menopause: hot flashes, mood swings, bone loss. Prempro (and its sister drugs) were supposed to put the...
Health columnist Pamela Egan has written several articles about menopause and bioidentical HRT. One of her more recent articles about the subject is entitled: When is Hormone Replacement Therapy Appropriate?
Thanks - I don't believe bioidenticals are any safer than anything else; the data from accepted sources just isn't there, so far as I can see. Thanks for the link - PJH
You obviously didn't read the articles. Nurse Practitioner Egan is a world-renowned health columnist who is typically years ahead of the curve on these matters.
I would encourage you to take a closer look at the data as it is in direct contradiction with what you are saying.
I read this, and I've read about bioidenticals before. We're all entitled to believe whom we want to believe; I've read data from trusted sources that says bioidenticals and Prempro, etc. have the same effect. We can agree to disagree here. Thanks for voicing your opinion - PJH