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Menopausal Therapy
What is HRT?
HRT ( hormone replacement therapy ) also known as estrogen replacement therapy or menopausal hormone replacement therapy is a hormone replacement treatment that is used to ease symptoms associated with menopause. The most common treatments are: Estrogen, Progesterone, Progestin, Prempro, and premphase. Estrogen used alone can cause cancer of the lining of the uterus (endometrial cancer). According to the National Cancer Institute, about 5 cases of endometrial cancer may develop in every 10,000 women using this hormone for 10 years. This is about 4 more cases than we would expect in a group of 10,000 women who don’t use estrogen. More importantly estrogen used alone can cause a thickening of the lining of the uterus and irregular bleeding. But, if you have had a total hysterectomy (surgery to remove the uterus and cervix), you can use estrogen alone (estrogen therapy or ET). Several types of estrogen are available. They come in many forms. You can use a pill or tablet, a skin patch, vaginal cream, vaginal ring insert, implant, or shot.
If you still have your uterus and want to take hormones, doctors will prescribe estrogen along with progesterone or one of several progestins, synthetic forms of progesterone. The progestin protects against endometrial cancer. Using estrogen and progesterone or a progestin is called estrogen plus progestin therapy or EPT. Progesterone or progestin is often taken as a pill, sometimes in the same pill as the estrogen. It is also available as a patch, an IUD (intrauterine device), a vaginal gel, suppository, or shot.
The form your doctor suggests may depend on your symptoms. For example, estrogen creams and tablets are used for vaginal dryness. The vaginal ring insert treats vaginal dryness and may help urinary tract symptoms. Pills or patches provide relief from annoying symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, sleep problems, and vaginal dryness. They will also prevent bone loss and help delay osteoporosis while you are using them and could improve your cholesterol levels. Some experts think they may help your memory if begun at menopause. But improving cholesterol or helping memory should not be the main reason you take menopausal hormone therapy.
If you or a loved one have been treated with HRT and have been injured as a result of the side effects you may be entitled to compensation. Click or call: 1-800-856-6405 to speak to our hormone replacement therapy lawyers about an HRT lawsuit today. Free nationwide consultations.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
• HRT Issues
A variety of problems are known to exist regarding Estrogen Replacement Treatment, Menopausal Therapy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy. If you have taken any of the various hormone replacement treatments or therapy's such as: Estrogen, Progestin, Prempro or premphase there is a chance that you may be injured by life threatening side effects.
Recently experts have found that nearly six million American women could be adversely affected by hormone replacement therapy, menopausal treatments, and estrogen replacement therapy side effects.
The nations largest study involving 16,000 women came to an abrupt end when new data showed the use of hormone replacement therapy and estrogen replacement therapy significantly increases the risks of breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots.
The trial was the first and only large study comparing the effects of hormone replacement and estrogen replacement therapy with placebos in healthy women. The Women's Health Initiative study results were released early because of the impact of the results that could affect the six million American women on hormone replacement therapy.
Up until the results of the study were released, medical authorities were telling doctors to encourage almost every single woman that had not had a hysterectomy to start taking hormone replacement therapy when reaching menopause. The estrogen-progestin combination had been a common prescription for decades leaving many questioning how it took so long for long-term hormone replacement therapy side effects to be discovered.
Increased risk of HRT Side Effects
Women with the following conditions are especially at risk for suffering serious hormone replacement therapy side effects:
- Vaginal bleeding of unknown cause
- Chronic disease of the liver
- History of breast cancer
- History of uterus cancer
- History of blood clots in the vein, legs, or lungs (deep vein thrombosis)
If you or someone you love have taken hormone replacement, estrogen replacement, or menopausal hormone therapy treatments such as prempro, premarin, or premphase, and have been injured as a result of side effects you need to know your legal rights. Call our HRT lawyers for a free legal consultation. 1-800-856-6405.
HRT News
05.24.05 :: Women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to have their breast cancers detected by mammogram than other menopausal women, Australian research has found. More >>>>
04.29.05 :: Certain types of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increase a woman's risk of endometrial cancer, research suggests.
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04.11.05 :: Menopausal women who have had breast
cancer who take hormone replacement therapy that contains both estrogen and progestogen may have an increased risk of breast cancer recurrence.
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