I suffered through a decade of severe hot flashes, insomnia, etc. Tried every natural remedy i could find and nothing helped. I was bound and determined to not take any prescription drugs. This year at 67 my naturopath recommended bioidentical hormones. My body felt like it was shutting down. Insomnia, constipation, fatigue, brain fog, etc. I have always been a fit, high energy person. I got out of my own way and tried the bioidentical hormones. A life changer for me.
Kyra, I’m 65 & want to start Bioidenticals but risk of cardiac issues make me wary. What can you share on that? Is it estradiol or estriol? You give me hope!! Also, NY is awful with anything that actually helps so I may need to go outside of my state. So corrupt.
Dong Quai relieved hot flashes for me in the eighties...took four capsules and in ten minutes no symptoms...old Chinese tradition...no chemicals from human factories...
I remember clearly this debacle and the overnight fear that enveloped my patients on HRT.. I had a hard time even then accepting that study because with my small brain and basic " country doc knowledge " I could see the flaws.. I cautioned my patients and let them choose based on risk/ benefit. Never saw any rise in the touted side effects listed in this wretched study.. Clinical experience and anecdotal evidence speaks for itself.. sadly a whole generation has lost this benefit and current physicians are still behind in knowledge. Most patients are way more educated on this topic than their PCP/GYN!!
Finally we're seeing some corection of the damage done by that 2002 study. The timing hypothesis makes so much sense when you think about it. Women in their late 60s and 70s should have never been the test group for menopausal hormone therapy. What's encouraging is that HHS is willing to admit when prevous guidance was wrong and actually do something about it. This could improve quality of life for so many woman going forward.
Am I in Bizarro world? Generally speaking, we want to see stuff pulled of the market and push back on pharma not promote it. Since we need to negoiate with the devil I guess, what small bread crumb do we the people get for removing a "black box"? This show is a scam, and I feel like MAHA is starting to participate in it. I'm furious and just about off the bandwagon.
The truth is George Bush Senior was on the Lilly Board of Directors and got NIH to spend $30 million dollars on the WHI research which was pre designed to discredit estrogen and push Lilly's osteoporosis chemo drug that destroys the body's ability to destroy old bone. Had nothing to do about good medicine.
Have there been studies showing bio-identical hormones do provide these protective factors and relieve menopause symptoms? What about surgical menopause vs natural menopause populations? What about women with a family/personal history of breast (& ovarian) cancer—those that have had radical hysterectomies, partial oophorectomies, and/or still have ovaries?
I’m a 16 year breast cancer survivor (BRCA1) that entered surgical menopause at age 30 to prevent further cancer (also bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction). Even though my tumor was Triple Negative, I’ve been cautioned against HRT. I’m now 13 years post surgical menopause, but still suffer from symptoms. My mother underwent surgical menopause around age 30 as well & was given HRT (both synthetic as well as bio-identical) before stopping out of caution. She was diagnosed with BRCA1 Triple Negative cancer at 48. I have a 16 year old daughter with an unknown BCRA1 status with possible hormonal issues.
I feel like there’s a huge gap in knowledge and research on women’s health issues. It’s one thing I actually agree with modern feminists on (although I differ on the primary cause). Hormonal issues are routinely ‘treated’ with hormonal birth control without ever trying to figure out the actual cause. Then when the woman doesn’t want to be on hormonal birth control she’s abandoned by doctors to simply deal with whatever issues she still has and/or issues caused by (along term) hormonal birth control.
Not sure if this appropriate (as I'm a veterinarian), but a phytoestrogenic herbal mix I use to bring dairy cows into estrus works quite well. I've been using it as a clinician for the last 20 years in cases where there has been no visible signs of estrus (but nothing g else is wrong). Ingredients: Angelica sp., Dioscorea sp.., Linum sp., Mitchella sp., Oenothera sp., Turnera sp., Viburnum sp. (Dong quai, wild yam, squaw vine, black haw, flax). It's based on a human formula I modified. That human formula is no longer manufactured.
I would strongly recommend herbal hormones with balanced action over synthetic hormones that have isolated, unopposed action.
I suffered through a decade of severe hot flashes, insomnia, etc. Tried every natural remedy i could find and nothing helped. I was bound and determined to not take any prescription drugs. This year at 67 my naturopath recommended bioidentical hormones. My body felt like it was shutting down. Insomnia, constipation, fatigue, brain fog, etc. I have always been a fit, high energy person. I got out of my own way and tried the bioidentical hormones. A life changer for me.
Kyra, I’m 65 & want to start Bioidenticals but risk of cardiac issues make me wary. What can you share on that? Is it estradiol or estriol? You give me hope!! Also, NY is awful with anything that actually helps so I may need to go outside of my state. So corrupt.
Dong Quai relieved hot flashes for me in the eighties...took four capsules and in ten minutes no symptoms...old Chinese tradition...no chemicals from human factories...
I remember clearly this debacle and the overnight fear that enveloped my patients on HRT.. I had a hard time even then accepting that study because with my small brain and basic " country doc knowledge " I could see the flaws.. I cautioned my patients and let them choose based on risk/ benefit. Never saw any rise in the touted side effects listed in this wretched study.. Clinical experience and anecdotal evidence speaks for itself.. sadly a whole generation has lost this benefit and current physicians are still behind in knowledge. Most patients are way more educated on this topic than their PCP/GYN!!
Medicare and my supplemental won't cover bioidentical only synthetic hormones, hopefully this will change.
the next question: is there any benefit to starting HRT after menopause? many of the symptoms atributed to menopause continue after the hot flashes.
Finally we're seeing some corection of the damage done by that 2002 study. The timing hypothesis makes so much sense when you think about it. Women in their late 60s and 70s should have never been the test group for menopausal hormone therapy. What's encouraging is that HHS is willing to admit when prevous guidance was wrong and actually do something about it. This could improve quality of life for so many woman going forward.
Am I in Bizarro world? Generally speaking, we want to see stuff pulled of the market and push back on pharma not promote it. Since we need to negoiate with the devil I guess, what small bread crumb do we the people get for removing a "black box"? This show is a scam, and I feel like MAHA is starting to participate in it. I'm furious and just about off the bandwagon.
Can someone tell me if this affects thinking on estrogen blockers as a treatment for estrogen receptor positive breast tumors?
I heard that it can be positive, nor harmful, but you will need to get an expert opinion
I’ve been using bioidenticals for years. Impossible for my bone health and so much else. 👍
The truth is George Bush Senior was on the Lilly Board of Directors and got NIH to spend $30 million dollars on the WHI research which was pre designed to discredit estrogen and push Lilly's osteoporosis chemo drug that destroys the body's ability to destroy old bone. Had nothing to do about good medicine.
Have there been studies showing bio-identical hormones do provide these protective factors and relieve menopause symptoms? What about surgical menopause vs natural menopause populations? What about women with a family/personal history of breast (& ovarian) cancer—those that have had radical hysterectomies, partial oophorectomies, and/or still have ovaries?
I’m a 16 year breast cancer survivor (BRCA1) that entered surgical menopause at age 30 to prevent further cancer (also bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction). Even though my tumor was Triple Negative, I’ve been cautioned against HRT. I’m now 13 years post surgical menopause, but still suffer from symptoms. My mother underwent surgical menopause around age 30 as well & was given HRT (both synthetic as well as bio-identical) before stopping out of caution. She was diagnosed with BRCA1 Triple Negative cancer at 48. I have a 16 year old daughter with an unknown BCRA1 status with possible hormonal issues.
I feel like there’s a huge gap in knowledge and research on women’s health issues. It’s one thing I actually agree with modern feminists on (although I differ on the primary cause). Hormonal issues are routinely ‘treated’ with hormonal birth control without ever trying to figure out the actual cause. Then when the woman doesn’t want to be on hormonal birth control she’s abandoned by doctors to simply deal with whatever issues she still has and/or issues caused by (along term) hormonal birth control.
Not sure if this appropriate (as I'm a veterinarian), but a phytoestrogenic herbal mix I use to bring dairy cows into estrus works quite well. I've been using it as a clinician for the last 20 years in cases where there has been no visible signs of estrus (but nothing g else is wrong). Ingredients: Angelica sp., Dioscorea sp.., Linum sp., Mitchella sp., Oenothera sp., Turnera sp., Viburnum sp. (Dong quai, wild yam, squaw vine, black haw, flax). It's based on a human formula I modified. That human formula is no longer manufactured.
I would strongly recommend herbal hormones with balanced action over synthetic hormones that have isolated, unopposed action.
Great - another drug that has not had long-term testing…..
In my opinion RFK does not look well in photos. Being around demonic forces is unhealthy.