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Re: Ethics of HRTFrom: Deborah (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:05:08 -0500 (CDT)
At Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Anonymous wrote: > >At Wed, 10 Sep 2003, anonymous wrote: >> >>At Tue, 9 > >>>. >>> >I agree that you need to find another doctor. Most of the studies have >been on HRT of women that have gone through normal menopause. You were >not on HRT which includes progesterone, you are on ERT (estrogen >replacement therapy) and you are too young to be going through >menopause. I had a hysterectomy at 45 that included a bilateral >oopherectomy and I am on estrogen replacement, I discussed this with my >doctor and he felt that surgical menopause was different than normal >menopause because of the sudden cessation of hormones. My mother is >currently being weaned slowly off of HRT instead of stopping suddenly >and she has not had the problems that many women have that have stopped >suddenly. Not a doc and this is only my opinion, hope this helps. The research is continuing on ERT, but the preliminary results appear to indicate similar results for ERT as HRT. Based on the reading I've done gradual weaning is the way to go.
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