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Re: Are periods really necessary? From: Ronald Barentsen, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net) Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:33:06 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: mary: "Re: Mary" Previous message: Ronald Barentsen, MD: "Re: Fibroid/cyst" In reply to: Candace: "Are periods really necessary?" At Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Candace wrote: > >I have a question: With the Prempro HRT my doctor says that periods will >probably be eliminated. > >I thought periods were a healthy (and necessary?) way that the body >cleans the uterus. I am over 50 and finished having children. Do I >need periods? Will my uiterus be just as healthy w/out periods - ceteris >paribus. Can you refer me to any sites? > >C. Harris > >-- >Candace Harris > When you prefer to have periods, you can take Premphase. This will induce cyclic bleeding every month on a predictable day in 90% of the women. Periods are NOT necessary. With Prempro most women become completely without periods. But in the first months 40-60% are bleeding on an unpredictable way, sometimes only spotting, sometimes more bleeding. But in terms of endometrial cancer it is completely safe. -- Ronald Barentsen Correspondent OBGYN.net for menopause and hormone replacement therapy Next message: mary: "Re: Mary" Previous message: Ronald Barentsen, MD: "Re: Fibroid/cyst" In reply to: Candace: "Are periods really necessary?"

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