«Preclinical studies suggest a possible benefit of
estrogen therapy when combined with exercise to increase strength and performance and to prevent the loss of muscle mass, but the role of estrogen in muscle mass is not yet clear for postmenopausal women,» says Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, executive director of NAMS.
Not exact matches
In 2001 the trend reversed: Breast cancer rates initially dipped gradually, but dropped sharply in mid-2002,
when many women in the U.S. stopped hormone replacement
therapy after the Women's Health Initiative, a large clinical trial involving
estrogen - progestin
therapy, was stopped after it was determined that the risks — most notably the increased likelihood of developing breast cancer — outweighed the benefits.
The drop in hormone use dates back to July 2002,
when the Women's Health Initiative, a 15 - year study tracking the health of more than 160,000 women, abruptly ended its long - term study of
estrogen - progestin hormone replacement
therapy because women taking the drugs faced an elevated risk of invasive breast cancer and heart disease.
Postmenopausal hormone
therapy with conjugated equine
estrogens (CEEs) was not associated with overall sustained benefit or risk to cognitive function
when given to women ages 50 to 55 years, according to a new study from Wake Forest Baptist medical Center.
«In the Womens Health Initiative (WHI) trial,
when women got seven years of
estrogen alone, there was no increased risk of breast cancer, but after four to five years on combined hormone
therapy, the risk emerges,» she says.
So,
when we recommend
estrogen or other hormonal replacement
therapy as treatment for perimenopause, we are looking to restore a balance that will help you feel much healthier and more like yourself.
Why is there no information on the increase of
estrogen when on Testosterone replacement
therapy?
To understand how
estrogen therapy works, we look at what happens
when hormone production slows down.
When we recommend hormone replacement
therapy, we're looking to improve your overall hormonal balance — treatment for perimenopause isn't just about
estrogen levels.
Many women who gain weight
when using
estrogen therapy often suffer from
estrogen dominance which further lowers critical testosterone levels.
When you understand the role of
estrogen in the body, the benefits of
estrogen therapy become clear.
When I counsel a woman about taking hormone
therapy, I recommend bioidentical
estrogen and progesterone, including transdermal estradiol and oral progesterone, but with an important caveat: I assume that the risks of bioidentical hormone
therapy are the same as synthetic until proven otherwise.
From L.A. Times Staff and Wire Reports June 6, 1995 Contrary to much current medical thinking, long - term use of hormone replacement
therapy may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, even
when progestins are added to
estrogen, according to a new study.
When I counsel a woman about taking hormone
therapy, I recommend bioidentical
estrogen and progesterone, including transdermal estradiol and oral progesterone, but with an important caveat:
Because
when you consider your exposure over the course of a lifetime, it really adds up; the average American woman uses up to 16,800 tampons in her lifetime — or as many as 24,360 if she's on
estrogen replacement
therapy.
In fact, this is one of the top recommendations from the British Menopause Society
when it comes to
estrogen replacement
therapy.
When we recommend
estrogen replacement
therapy, progesterone
therapy, or testosterone
therapy to our female patients, we don't focus solely on reaching predefined levels of hormones.
Your article says that
estrogen dominance can block the liver from converting T4 to T3, but it seems that my conversion is now worse
when I am no longer using
estrogen therapy.
In conclusion, while all types of hormone replacement
therapies are safe and effective and confer significant benefits in the long - term
when initiated in young postmenopausal women, in specific clinical settings the choice of the transdermal route of administration of
estrogens and the use of natural progesterone might offer significant benefits and added safety.»
The good news is that anti-aging treatments like bioidentical hormone replacement
therapy can restore
estrogen levels and improve bone health, especially
when they are started early on.
It is crucial to realize that
estrogen therapy,
when given alone without testosterone for someone with Low T, will lead to a condition called
estrogen dominance that further lowers testosterone blood levels in the body.
You're body is used to all these endogenous artificial testosterone, you know, your testosterone to
estrogen ratio is getting messed up and so you do have to use what's called post cycle
therapy when you're on pro-hormones and we won't get into the post cycle
therapy as much on this podcast «cause I know we're kinda pushing for time but the problem is that if you don't cycle pro hormones, it can be tough on your liver, it can be tough on your own endogenous production so it's something that you do wan na make sure that you do, that you understand how to cycle properly and I have to be careful of course, giving out recommendations like that on this show just because so many people who are listening to this are competing in event like triathlons and marathons and thing of that nature where they're gonna be drug tested and stuff like this would be a big no - no anyways, you know, or they're going after more natural means and let's face it, prohormones can be kinda damaging to your body and the reason for that is because a lot of these side effects: acne and hair loss, breast tissue enlargement, or you know, what we affectionately call bitch tits in dudes, prostate swelling, you know, a lot of these hormonal imbalances that get created from dumping exogenous sources of hormones into your body and creating like a hormone milieu that can be a real real issue from a health standpoint.
When doctors finally recognize adrenal fatigue, they typically treat it with hormone replacement
therapy, including
estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone replacement, in addition to cortisone replacement
therapy.
However, during the»30s and»40s,
when scientists were kicking such ideas around, there was no known method of extracting enough progesterone from animals to provide the
therapy to the people who needed it — 80,000 pigs» ovaries were needed to extract a minuscule amount of
estrogen — and cost would have been prohibitive to virtually anyone who wanted such a drug.