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Jun 07, 2009

Long-term Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy

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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is most often used for women undergoing menopause, either natural or surgical-induced. It is used to improve the symptoms associated with menopause, such as hot flashes, mood swings, dry vagina, and urinary problems.

Women undergoing menopause experience these symptoms due to the lack of estrogen and/or progesterone. Women who have had hysterectomies usually take estrogen while women who still have their uterus need to take a combination of estrogen and progesterone.

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HRT was widely used until 2002, when research indicated that it could be harmful and cause women to be at higher risk of certain diseases, such as heart attack, stroke, and breast cancer. Most of the research, however, was done on women in their 60’s instead of in their 40’s and 50’s. It is thought that the younger groups of women are at lower risk of getting these diseases than the older group. On a brighter note, however, women’s risk levels for the other diseases go back down once they have been off of HRT for 4 to 5 years.

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Jun 04, 2009

What will the Cost of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) be to your Health?

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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is a form of treatment that is used to treat women who have severe menopause symptoms. It was once a highly favored treatment for other diseases, such as osteoporosis and heart disease, but has been abandoned for those causes since recent research revealed that using it posed significant health risks. It is still used to treat menopausal symptoms in some women, although many doctors and patients have backed off of using it as much as they once did.

Hormone replacement therapy involves using synthetic hormones to replace the hormones that menopausal women are no longer able to make on their own. Women who still have their ovaries and uterus usually need a combination of estrogen and progesterone but women who have undergone hysterectomy just need estrogen. Using HRT usually helps the bothersome symptoms of menopause, especially if the symptoms are severe.

In addition to prescribing HRT for menopausal women, physicians once prescribed Hormone Replacement Therapy for osteoporosis and heart conditions. A few years ago, HRT was being hailed as an effective and safe anti-aging treatment. However, after the results of research pertaining to its long-term effects, HRT is usually no longer used for anything other than severe menopause symptoms.

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