Re: Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Sat May 8 17:26:33 2004
popularized by Suzanne Somers, this is not exactly the epitome of
evidence-based medicine -
http://www.ijpc.com/_pdf/nhrt.pdf
art
At Sat, 8 May 2004, Larry Glazerman wrote:
>
>I don't know much either about this, but interestingly, I was giving a
>speech to a lay group just this afternoon on "Seasons of a Womans's Life"
>and the question came up.
>
>I sort of fumbled through an answer, but I'm also interested in any info.
>
>--
>Larry R. Glazerman, MD
>Ob-Gyn at Trexlertown, PC
>610-402-0161
>l.glazerman@rcn.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Angela
>DeTie CNM
>Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 1:44 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
>
>Recently I have had numerous women inquiring about Bioidentical Hormone
>Replacement Therapy (BHRT). Since I'm working and unable to watch
>OPRAH, I seem to know less than my patients! AND, they find it shameful
>that as a midwife, I don't know about it! Frankly, I've been selectively
>tuning out anything that I hear of lately that has to do with hormones!
>Does anyone have any experience with BHRT, or know of any "reliable"
>literature? Has anyone had any difficulty with compounding pharmacies.
>Does this pose any different risk to us as compared to prescribing
>traditional HRT (obviously after thorough counseling)? I tell you, we've
>had several calls recently regarding the lawsuits for taking HRT and it
>makes me sick. I even hate reading the paper anymore because I see the
>ad everyday. It makes me want to remove this component of care from my
>pratice. But alas, I'm a midwife and we are "With woman...For a
>lifetime of care". Besides, it seems that as everyone throws out their
>PremPro, they'll be running to this soon and "I don't know" doesn't seem
>to b a suitable answer aymore.
>Thanks for any info you can provide.
>
>Angela DeTie APN, CNM
>"clueless in Vegas"
>
--
art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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