Since the Women’s Health Initiative Study came out there has been a great deal of confusion about HRT. Most of the press got the information wrong as they mixed bioidentical with synthetic hormones as being all the same. The press never understood the difference between bioidentical and synthetic. The study was done with synthetic hormones and a major arm of the study (Prempro) had to be discontinued because of the risks involved while women were on it.

Natural hormones are, in fact, bioidentical hormones. The fact that the bioidentical hormones come from natural plants (soy or yam plants) does not make them bioidentical. From there they are taken to a chemical plant where they are further processed into the bioidentical forms. They are further tested for bioidentical purity, so that when a compounding pharmacy receives these products they are ready to be compounded into different dosage forms.

Studies show that HRT used at the proper dosages to return diminished levels of hormones to their optimum youthful levels rarely has any negative side effects. In fact, long-term studies show that HRT over a period of years is virtually free from side effects while providing continuing benefits. - (1*, 2*)

Estrogen and progesterone (two of the hormones used in some forms of HRT) may increase a woman's risk for developing breast cancer. Patients should be aware that these hormones affect many tissues in the body and therefore before a patient considers HRT, it is prudent to discuss all the risks, benefits, and limitations of pursuing HRT with a medical doctor.

HRT is an abbreviation for Hormone Replacement Therapy. Several years ago it became popular for doctors to prescribe the hormone estrogen for women with menopausal symptoms. They thought they were replacing the hormones lost with the advent of menopause. Contemporary physicians now know that estrogen is not the hormone needing to be replaced. They are becoming increasingly aware that it is progesterone that is desperately in need of replacing.

Hrt drugs are now linked to breast cancer, heart attack, strokes, and blood clot risks. Medical authorities and doctors were shocked to learn of the data found in the nation's largest study because up until that point they had encouraged almost every woman who had not had a hysterectomy to start taking the HRT drugs when she reached menopause and to take them for years or even life.

Women who use estrogen combined with progestin are at increased risk for blood clots, gallbladder disease, stroke and inflammation of veins. Other studies show a link between hormone replacement therapy and endometrial cancer (cancer of the uterine lining).

Researchers have empirical evidence that HRT can increase muscle mass, decrease body fat, increase bone density, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, improve your sleep patterns, strengthen your immune system, enhance your sexual drive and performance, regenerate your heart, liver and kidneys, improve your skin tone and remove wrinkles. - (1*, 2*)

Menozac has a long history of recommending a natural approach to hormonal balance. We believe that synthetic hormones commonly used in hormone replacement therapy should be a last resort, not a first choice. However, this is a matter of personal choice. We suggest you read our Library article, "Perspective on the risks of HRT". You might also visit the Women' s Health Initiative website, www.whi.org.

It is a well known fact that HRT may increase the risk of breast cancer and uterine cancer. However many women continue to take HRT because of desirable effects such as emotional well-being, youthful skin, hair and nails and firm breasts. If you want to retain the benefits of HRT without increasing your risk of cancer, it’s about time you switched to St.herb. St.herb contains Pueraria Mirifica, which has the highest concentration of plant-based estrogens found in nature.

For decades now, doctors have been prescribing millions of women HRT drugs to help them with the symptoms of menopause. The recent study for HRT drugs was not started until congresswomen and women's groups lobbied for more attention paid towards improving women's health care. Congress, in response, appropriated money for a new research initiative at the National Institutes of Health.

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