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Re: Femhrt 1/5
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:11:15 -0600 (CST)
I am also on femhrt, it is estrogen/progestin.
At Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Lynn D. Montgomery, MD wrote:
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>At Thu, 9 Nov 2000, G.Andrews wrote:
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>>My doctor recently changed my HRT of Premarin .625 daily + Provera 5 mg.
>>to Femhrt Femhrt 1mg/5mcg + Premarin Vaginal Cream 2xa week. I have
>>started using FemHrt but not the Cream because I recently had a blood
>>test and the results indicated that I have a high triglyceride and there
>>was a warning regarding this. Please let me know if Femhrt can be taken
>>without the cream
>>and if Femhrt has estrogen in it by itself.
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>>G. Zamora
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>I am not sure about the "Femhrt". I am familiar with Fempatch. Is that
>what you are referring to?
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>My question regardless is why you are requiring two forms of estrogen
>replacement? My guess is that you were experiencing vaginal symptoms
>from a lack of estrogen. If this is the case, the I would recommend
>optimizing one form of estrogen rather than using two. There are
>certainly occasional women who need the supplemental vaginal cream, but
>not often. The triglyceride panel is likely to improve, if anything,
>with the estrogen. I would concentrate on other means of tackling that
>problem...
>Lynn
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>--
>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>Missoula, Montana
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