Women's Menopause Health Center August 1, 2003 Newsletter

Estrogen Information and Danger of Estrogen Therapy

Women looking for estrogen information about the danger of estrogen therapy do not need to look very far. The Women’s Health Initiative study two years ago provided a wealth of information about the danger of estrogen therapy. Since that time, information about the danger of estrogen therapy seems to surface on a regular basis.

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The Federal Drug Administration recently mandated a new boxed warning of the danger of estrogen therapy and estrogen/progestin products such as Premarin and Prempro. This is the highest FDA warning level for drug labeling. The FDA estrogen information warning states an increased risk for heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, and breast cancer and also emphasizes that estrogen products are not approved for heart disease prevention.

At about the same time the FDA mandated boxed warnings of the danger of estrogen therapy, a study revealed information about yet another danger of estrogen therapy. This portion of the Women’s Health Initiative study found that hormone replacement therapy double women’s risk of developing dementia and Alzheimers Disease.

If that estrogen information was not enough to encourage women to rethink their menopause health choices, hormone replacement therapy earned a prominent place on the United State’s National Toxicology Program’s carcinogen list.

The federal government recently added steroidal estrogen products to its list of known human carcinogens. Steroidal estrogens are a group of related hormones commonly used in estrogen replacement therapy and in oral contraceptives.

The government report cites data from human epidemiology studies that show a connection between estrogen therapy and an increase in endometrial cancer and breast cancer. The report also suggests that estrogen-containing oral contraceptives may be associated with an increased risk of breast cancer but may protect against ovarian and endometrial cancers.

The National Toxicology Program, an arm of the Department of Health and Human Services, publishes reports of carcinogens every two years after intensive scientific reviews.

The report distinguishes between “known” human carcinogens (where there is sufficient evidence from human studies) and “reasonably anticipated” human carcinogens (where there is either limited evidence from human studies or sufficient evidence from animal studies).

A number of individual steroidal estrogens were already listed as “reasonably anticipated” carcinogens in past reports. This most recent report upgraded steroidal estrogens to “known” carcinogens and was the first report to list all steroidal estrogens together as a group.

Hundreds of government and non-government scientists contribute to these reports to ensure that the public is made aware of cancer hazards. The public at this point should be very aware of the danger of estrogen therapy. Thousands of women responded to the Women’s Health Initiative study by stopping hormone replacement therapy. Yet, thousands upon thousands of women still remain on hormone replacement therapy.

Stopping hormone replacement therapy would be a difficult choice without effective alternatives to hormone replacement therapy. Fortunately, there are effective alternatives for women who no longer wish to take hormone replacement therapy.

(Claims made on this website are based on research by Dr. John Lee, M.D. The Federal Trade Commission does not recognize Dr. Lee's studies as scientific based on National Institutes of Health and FDA standards, and, therefore, believes these claims constitute deceptive advertising. Women's Menopause Health Center does not advocate these claims. The information presented here is for information only giving a different, but not supported by the medical and pharmaceutical establishment, perspective. This information is not to be used for diagnosis or treatment of any illness or health condition.)


Natural progesterone cream helps:

_ Improve lipid profile.
_ Improve blood sugar control.
_ Burn up of body fat.
_ Eliminate hot flashes.
_ Create the myelin sheath over nerves.
_ Create more energy.
_ Sleep disorders.
_ Normalize and restore sexual desire.
_ Promote youthful skin appearance.
_ Resist facial hair growth.
_ Improve blood sugar control.
_ Promote youthful skin appearance.

If you have not already kicked synthetic hormone replacement therapy, now is as good a time as any.
 

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