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Re: GYN: FDA Says A Hormone Is A Hormone From: Rafael Haciski (haciski@earthlink.net) Thu Jan 10 23:35:29 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: brown smith law firm: "FUNDS MANAGEMENT/PARTNERSHIP REQUEST" Previous message: GIN11153@aol.com: "Came across this website that might interest you" In reply to: art fougner, md: "GYN: FDA Says A Hormone Is A Hormone" Next in thread: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: GYN: FDA Says A Hormone Is A Hormone" Reply: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: GYN: FDA Says A Hormone Is A Hormone" It's not as simple as that: water is water, however: mississippi water is NOT colorado spring water which is NOT bahamas sea water, YET all are water. There is a difference between estradiol and conjugated estrogens. And progestin is not progesterone Yet all are hormones. -- Rafael Haciski MD FACOG Anchor Health Centers GYN 800 Goodlette Rd #360 239-643-8780 office 239-571-0292 cell Naples, FL. On Jan 10, 2008, at 8:20 AM, art fougner, md wrote: > Menopause hormones mixed by pharmacists aren’t any safer than > commercially prepared hormones from drug companies, the Food and Drug > Administration said today. > > The message is important because for the past few years, pharmacists, > consumers, celebrities and even some doctors have been touting so- > called > bioidentical hormones as a safer alternative to standard hormones for > treating menopause symptoms. Sitcom star Suzanne Somers, for example, > has stirred controversy with two books claiming all sorts of health > benefits from the custom-mixed drugs. > > But the F.D.A. announcement supports the notion that a hormone is a > hormone. It doesn’t matter whether it’s mixed by a pharmacist or sold > by a drug firm. The risks and benefits are the same. > > http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/a-hormone-is-a-hormone-fda- > says/ > > A hormone is a hormone is a hormone. > > Art > > -- > art fougner, md > "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: brown smith law firm: "FUNDS MANAGEMENT/PARTNERSHIP REQUEST" Previous message: GIN11153@aol.com: "Came across this website that might interest you" In reply to: art fougner, md: "GYN: FDA Says A Hormone Is A Hormone" Next in thread: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: GYN: FDA Says A Hormone Is A Hormone" Reply: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: GYN: FDA Says A Hormone Is A Hormone"

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