The bad news is that the women that
stopped HRT continued to face greater cancer risks than the placebo group.
My hot flashes were unbearable when
I stopped HRT.
Not exact matches
Specifically, women with the KRAS - variant who had been on
HRT and
stopped taking hormones before their diagnosis were significantly more likely to develop the more lethal type of breast cancer.
Around the turn of the century, though, researchers noticed that women on
HRT had an increased risk of heart disease, uterine and breast cancers, and strokes, and doctors generally
stopped prescribing the drugs.
A study of 172 women without depression and aged between 45 and 60 has found that a year of
HRT treatment can help
stop symptoms of depression emerging in women who are entering the menopause or who are in the early stages of post-menopause.
Once word got out, 15 out of 30 million women in America taking
HRT stopped; by 2007, invasive breast cancer in women over 50 for estrogen - receptive positive tumors dropped 11 percent.
Depending on her circumstances, she may have to consider
stopping taking the contraceptive pill /
HRT, which could be contributing to this condition.
This theory fits well with Dr. Lee's findings that the estrogen in
HRT can fuel the growth of tumors and that their removal can
stop the growth.
More importantly, the studies indicate that the declines occurred because millions of women
stopped using conventional hormone replacement therapy (
HRT).
After all, most breast tumors take years to form, so going off
HRT would not instantly
stop them in their tracks.
However, some scientists are theorizing that many of the tumors that were forming, but had not yet been detected,
stopped growing or even began shrinking once
HRT was discontinued.
Lack of ovulation, whether it occurs naturally as the result of aging ovaries, or unnaturally, from extremes of stress, exercise, diet, and / or use of synthetic hormones in
HRT or birth control pills, will cause estrogen to drop from 40 to 60 percent (enough to
stop the menstrual cycle), but progesterone levels plummet much lower, to nearly zero in some women causing a raft of symptoms from heavy / painful periods, mood swings, PMS and depression to water retention, weight gain, slowed thyroid function, and heightened risks for endometriosis, fibroids, fibrocystic breasts as well as breast and uterine cancer.
From menopause to your menstrual cycle, perimenopause to a new study on the side - effects of
HRT, here's how to
stop your hormones sabotaging your fitness goals, energy levels and skin
Others
stop using conventional
HRT because of side effects, and look to natural remedies to help them control their menopause symptoms.
Millions of women
stopped using the hormones after a large U.S. government study in 2002 found that postmenopausal women given
HRT had higher risks of heart attack, stroke, breast cancer and blood clots than women given an inactive placebo.