Doctor
prescribed estrogen therapy can help strengthen your bones, reduce hot flashes, and improve your sleep.
That is also why some physicians consider
prescribing estrogen therapy for osteoporosis.
Not exact matches
More discouraging news about hormone replacement
therapy for menopausal women appeared in June: Women taking Prempro, the most widely
prescribed pill containing both
estrogen and progestin, are more likely to develop Alzheimer's and to have early breast tumors that go undetected by mammograms.
To be able to safely and effectively
prescribe hormone replacement
therapy (BHRT or HRT) will necessitate knowing not only how much estrone, estradiol and estriol are in circulation, but how much is active (free plus conjugated [potentially active]-RRB-, and into what forms each
estrogen is being metabolized: Is she predominantly producing protective or carcinogenic
estrogen metabolites?
On the other hand, pharmaceutical hormones known as Hormone Replacement
Therapy (HRT) have been molecularly altered from natural human hormones so that they can be patented and sold as a synthetic substance; synthetic
estrogens and progestins are what are commonly
prescribed as HRT medications.
However it was found that
estrogen alone does not have so many drawbacks like the other hormonal
therapies, therefore women who have had their uterus removed by hysterectomy are
prescribed with
estrogen alone.
The predominant reason why menopausal women develop
estrogen dominance is that they are being
prescribed unopposed
estrogen such as Premarin as part of their hormone replacement
therapy (HRT) program.
WebMD [2] explains that the specific type of treatment often also depends on some factors related to the woman who is experiencing these symptoms.When it comes to a pharmaceutical approach, a woman who still has a uterus will often received combination HRT (Hormone Replacement
Therapy), while a woman who does not have a uterus anymore (those who had undergone a hysterectomy) may only be
prescribed a dose of
estrogen.
Low dose
estrogen therapy is best
prescribed by physicians, especially to help with vaginal dryness, extreme dizziness symptoms (which is rare), and hot flashes that nearly cripple some women.