Re: Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Sat May 8 23:42:50 2004
My sister asked me to evaluate a website the other day---some doc who
touted "bioidentical hormone therapy", wanted to charge her a couple
thousand bucks to "analyze" her serum and design a regimen for her. One
of the "Bioidentical hormones" he considered to have potential
usefullness was Human Growth Hormone! Yikes! Wish I could remember the
guy's name. I told my sis to stay clear of him.
--
Anna Meenan, MD
At Sat, 8 May 2004, Charlie Chambers wrote:
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>Charlie Chambers
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>cchamber@alumni. rice. edu
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>And my baby's goin fishin too!"
> Taj Mahal
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>On May 8, 2004, at 10:43 AM, Angela DeTie CNM wrote:
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>> 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"
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>Charlie Chambers
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>Hood River, OR USA
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>cchamber@alumni. rice. edu
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>"I'm a goin fishin.
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>Yeah, I'm goin fishin
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>And my baby's goin fishin too!"
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> Taj Mahal
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