Hormone patch replacement therapy
Common Questions and Answers about Hormone patch replacement therapy
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Im reading a lot of advice against the use of hormone replacement therapy, but the studies I have researched report that its the combination of progesterone and estrogen that is bad for you, and that estrogen alone may actually decrease the risk of breast cancer. My question then is has anybody else read any studies similar?
These hormones are very important for normal functioning of our body and if there is a deficiency of these hormones it is important to take hormone replacement therapy to overcome this deficiency.
Please relax HRT will not damage your brain but is essential at the moment for you.
Hello,
After hysterectomy, hormone replacement therapy would consist of estrogen alone usually given daily by pill or sometimes weekly or biweekly skin patch.However hormonal replacement therapy should be given for a short time only as long term use may be associated with a small increase in breast cancer.
In my opinion you should consult a gynecologist and start with hormone replacemenr therapy.
The thing is, these studies are on post menopausal women. I can see where taking a replacement hormone when your body should naturally not be making this hormone anymore could be bad and I wouldn't do it. But what about the people who were thrown into surgical menopause at a time their body would still be producing it?
A couple of members here, including myself, watched Robin McGraw yesterday speak about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Did you know that women as young as their teens can have hormonal imbalances ? And that you can show signs of perimenopause in your 20s... feel horrible and be misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia ? And yet the medical field has failed us again on this other issue.
If you're taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) only for hot flashes, night sweats and insomnia, you may want to consider stopping the HRT. The symptoms you listed occur at the onset of menopause and go away over time. Long-term use of HRT is often used if you have or are at risk for osteoporosis. Discuss this option with your physician, if you have osteoporosis there are other medications to treat it.
Unfortunately it is true that replacement therapy can cause infertility, so one way around it is to stimulate directly the testicles (I think they use prolactine for this). As for the insurance, I live in Europe so the cost of the treatment is covered.
It is a form of HRT....Hormone Replacement Therapy....there are those that believe that bioidentical is better for you then synthenic hormones....personal choice.
Hello,
After hysterectomy, hormone replacement therapy should be given which would consist of estrogen alone usually given daily by pill or sometimes weekly or biweekly skin patch.However hormonal replacement therapy should be given for a short time only as long term use may be associated with a small increase in breast cancer.Family history and the individual’s medical history are to be taken into account while prescribing hormone replacement therapy.
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It seems that the dark patch has developed due to friction from your foot-wear. You should try applying a moisturizer, Vaseline petroleum jelly and soaking your foot in warm water for a few days which will soften the skin and the discoloration would go away.
If it doesn’t resolve in a few days time, you should consult a doctor.
I had a hysterctomy almost 3 years ago at the age of 35 for a borderline serous tumor. My oncologist put me on an estrogen replacement patch and I have been using them ever since. With all the stuff in the news lately about HRT and their new findings, I would love to know your opinion. Are these studies only on women who have gone through natural menopause or do they also include women who were put into surgical menopause at a young age?
FSH is high after menopause and low in the reproductive years. For the most part, it has an inverse relationship to estrogen level. Since you do not have ovaries and do not take estrogen, it makes sense that your FSH is high.
I also do not have ovaries but I take estrogen. When my estrogen level gets rather high, my FSH is low (in the range of a menstruating woman). When my estrogen is on the lower side, my FSH rises.
But if it persists then get your hormonal assay done and if you are lacking them then you can opt for hormonal replacement therapy by oral means or by patch.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
Hi,
TSH alone is not a good indicator of thyroid function / thyroid hormone levels in the blood. It is a pituitary hormone and doesn't directly let you know your thyroid hormone levels. Sometimes TSH doesn't match with the actual levels, and you need some additional testing.
Have you had your FT3 and FT4 checked? These are the actual thyroid hormone levels in your system. If not, please get them checked, if so, please post the results and the reference ranges.
A friend of mine was upset because her doctor told her she needed to stop hormone replacement because it had been 5 years. I told her to ask her doctor, who is post menopause if she was on HMR. Yes she was and still is! If women doctors are staying on hormone replacement that says a lot..
While everyone is different you really need to weigh the risk factors.
My wife has breast cancer,her2 positive and is on hercepton every 3 weeks,shes also taking arimidex for hormone therapy. She wants to quit smoking,is it ok for her to use a patch ?
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