Hormone Replacement & Estrogen Replacement Therapy

Six Million American Women Could be Adversely Affected by Hormone Replacement & Estrogen Replacement Therapy

The nation's largest study involving 16,000 women has come to an abrupt end prior to its intended 2005 finish date when new data showed hormone replacement therapy, the use of estrogen and progestin, increases the risk of breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots. The trial was the first and only large study comparing the effects of hormone replacement and estrogen replacement therapy with placebos in healthy women. The Women's Health Initiative study results were released early because of the impact of the results that could affect the six million American women on hormone replacement therapy.

Up until the results of the study were released, medical authorities were telling doctors to encourage almost every single woman that had not had a hysterectomy to start taking hormone replacement therapy when reaching menopause. The estrogen-progestin combination had been a common prescription for decades leaving many questioning how it took so long for long-term hormone replacement therapy side effects to be discovered.

Women With Increased Risk of Hormone Replacement Therapy Side Effects

Women with the following conditions are especially at risk for suffering serious hormone replacement therapy side effects:

• Vaginal bleeding of unknown cause
• Chronic disease of the liver
• History of breast cancer
• History of uterus cancer
• History of blood clots in the veins, legs, or lung

Notable Hormone Replacement Therapy Quotes

"The risks of breast cancer, stroke, heart attack and blood clots outweigh the benefits for bones. And we have other drugs we can use to prevent osteoporosis."
-Dr. Maura Parker Quinlana, Univ. of Chicago Hospitals, hormone replacement therapy specialist . . . read more

Warning Signs Overlooked?

Hormone therapy had grown in popularity over the years, but some groups and medical experts never bought into the idea being described as having "claims too good to be true" . . . read more

Alternative to Hormone Replacement & Estrogen Replacement Therapy

Treatment Alternatives
Due to the now well-known knowledge of the serious hormone replacement therapy side effects, post-menopausal women everywhere are wondering what alternatives are available to treat their menopausal side effects. Women should visit their doctors to learn more about their treatment options that may include lifestyle changes, natural remedies, and possibly short-term HRT. Depending on the particular symptoms most often experienced by the individual woman, medications exist that may help relieve them.

Alternative Medicines
The American College of Obstetricians has just issued guidelines on the most popular alternative medicines to treat menopause

Hormone Replacement Resources
In one year's time, for every 10,000 women who take estrogen-progestin combination, there will be eight more breast cancers, eight more strokes, and seven more heart attacks

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HORMONE REPLACEMENT & ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY ALERT!!

The medical world was shocked when a major clinical study involving over 16,000 women came to a halt after five years because of the risks of heart disease, breast cancer, strokes, and blood clots found to occur. The study was intended to continue until 2005, but on May 31, 2002, the decision to end the study was decided by an expert panel. There were 6 million American women taking hormone replacement therapy at the time the study was released. The women participating in the study were sent letters telling them to stop the drugs.

Hormone replacement therapy had been a common prescription for women who had not had a hysterectomy to take when reaching menopause for decades, and the results of the study came as such a surprise to medical experts many doctors did not know what to tell their patients and they removed their phones from the hook when their phone lines became flooded with concerned women.

 If you are currently taking hormone replacement or estrogen replacement therapy you are advised to IMMEDIATELY contact your doctor.

 Estrogen-Progestin Combination Carries Significant Risks

Hormone replacement and estrogen replacement therapy, that uses an estrogen-progestin combination, have been shown to increase women's risk of heart attack by 29%, stroke by 41%, and the chances of breast cancer by 26%.

 Number of Women Affected

There were an estimated 38% of women past menopause taking hormone replacement therapy when the announcement of the study's data was released, with around 70 million prescriptions written every year. In one year's time, for every 10,000 women who take estrogen-progestin combination, there will be eight more breast cancers, eight more strokes, and seven more heart attacks. Due to the millions of women that take the hormone replacement therapy the number of illnesses quickly add up.

 Hormone Replacement Therapy Study Halted

The Women's Health Initiative hormone replacement therapy study began after congresswomen and women's groups were criticizing the lack of attention women's health issues receive. The trial was the first and only large study comparing the effects of hormone replacement therapy with placebos in healthy women. After five years of the eight-year study, the trial was stopped because it was considered unethical to continue giving the women the estrogen-progestin hormones because of the serious risks.

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