In another study, it's been found that postmenopausal women who
take estrogen replacement hormones have gained longevity in their life spans, and have also diminished their progression of cardiac problems.
Women who have not had the uterus removed but have undergone natural menopause and do not wish to
take any estrogen replacement.
Women who have had a hysterectomy and have undergone natural or surgical menopause who do not wish to
take estrogen replacement but who are having problems with hot flashes.
Some research suggests that applying progesterone (Crinone) into the vagina prevents endometrial hyperplasia in women with an intact uterus that are
taking estrogen replacement therapy.
Not exact matches
Since the report that it did cause breast cancer and many women have stopped
taking hormone
replacement therapy, we've seen a decrease in breast - cancer incidence, exactly what you'd predict for our understanding of how
estrogens work.
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.
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.
Many women are concerned about
taking estrogen orally — hormone
replacement therapy or HRT — after a 2002 study suggested a strong link to breast cancer, but doctors have widely divergent opinions about that.
What you can do, and what to look out for Short of
taking replacement hormones or low - dose birth control pills to even out your
estrogen levels, there isn't much you can medically do about your shifting hormones.
While
taking synthetic forms of progesterone and
estrogen was a popular method of addressing menopause symptoms for a while, many women - and doctors - now feel hormone
replacement therapy is simply not worth the risk.
It's great that many women stopped hormone
replacement therapy, stopped
taking extra
estrogens.
Whether progesterone is low due to stress,
taking estrogen (the Pill, hormone
replacement, etc.), or when a woman has ovulation issues (such as with PCOS — Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) there will be an overt or relative
estrogen dominance.
Oral
estrogens, such as those
taken for birth control or hormone
replacement therapy, cause an increase in thyroxine - binding globulin (TBG).
SHBG is not a useful test, however, if a woman is
taking oral
estrogen replacement therapy, because this
estrogen will artificially elevate SHBG due to high
estrogen levels in the liver.
Taking certain medications — heart medications, diuretics, asthma meds, birth control pills and
estrogen replacement therapy — certain drugs have been shown to reduce magnesium levels by increasing excretion through the kidneys.
Estrogen replacement therapy may help halt bone loss a bit, IF it's taken soon enough before estrogen drops during me
Estrogen replacement therapy may help halt bone loss a bit, IF it's
taken soon enough before
estrogen drops during me
estrogen drops during menopause.
Or, you can
take in too much
estrogen, such as through birth control pills or
estrogen replacement therapy.
For that same reason, women who naturally have predominantly higher levels of
estrogen, or have
taken oral contraceptives or pharmaceutical hormone
replacement for extended periods of time, also have an increased risk.
Taking a combined
estrogen and progestin hormone
replacement therapy has increased their risk of developing progestin - accelerated breast tumors note medical experts.