WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2002: Re: JAMA study

Re: JAMA study

From: Abigail (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:07:26 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 10 Jul 2002, William McIntosh, MD wrote: >
>At Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Abigail wrote:
>>
>>On the physician's bulletin board someone posted the JAMA hrt study and
>>an editorial. Would be worth the read for those of us wondering what in
>>the heck to do.
>>
>>Aside: Remember that this study was done utilizing combined estrogen
>>therapy and progestins (not progesterone). Also, the study population
>>was women of "normal" menopausal age. Lots of reading before one can
>>make an informed decision on "what to do".
>>
>>Hmmm. Wish the docs here would have posted that study to our board.
>>That info is useful and some of us are even intelligent enough to
>>discipher it :o)
>>
>>--
>>Abigail
>>
>I would love to have posted it, but still do not have access to it,
>except via the Internet, and I am not allowed to repost from the JAMA
>site. This is a huge problem. They stopped the study in May, but did
>not give those of us that are going to have face indivual women with
>questions ANY advance warning. The first I heard of this was Monday on
>NPR radio.
>
>I agree the information is useful, and I am quite certain that I am
>intelligent enough to decipher it. I just wish I had been given the
>chance.
>

Guess we are all blindsided by this issue. Please forgive this testy, early menopausal (fsh of 30.4) woman for her curtness in language. I promise to go back to my lovely, patient self as soon as my hormones allow. I only started hrt last week and yesterday came as quite a scare in the a.m. By the p.m. I was confident (or at least with a relative degree of certainty) enough after researching the WHI study not to phone my (probably) harried Nurse Practitioner. I'll continue my continuous Estradiol and Prometrium until my next appt (in 3 months)- I have osteopenia, am 43 years of age and understand that now is a very important time for hrt. I'll reevaluate with my NP then.

This board is wonderful for giving the patients the opportunity to understand the healthcare providers side of things and visa versa. Thank you for your input. >
>--
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
>
>This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute
>for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.
>

--
Abigail

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