Low Dose HRT Still Bad for Menopause Symptoms

Low-dose options for HRT include pills, patches, creams and gels, and vaginal rings or suppository tablets. FDA earlier this month approved a spray that delivers low-dose estrogen to the skin. According to the Times, low-dose HRT can be effective in treating sweating and hot flashes, but some physicians have said the lower doses might take longer than the standard doses to be effective. The current recommendation to treat menopausal symptoms is to take the lowest dose possible for the shortest amount of time, but physicians do not have proof that low doses are safer, according to the Times.

Some women have purchased from pharmacies so-called "bioidentical hormones," which are synthesized chemically but have the same structure as natural hormones, the Times reports. Supporters of bioidentical hormones say they are safer than other forms of HRT because they imitate women's hormones, but some experts said there is no conclusive evidence of greater safety.

Doctors, for what ever the many reasons have not gotten on board. For decades now, women have tried to tell them prescription HRT caused more problems than it solved. It was apparent a decade ago that HRT was dangerous. Millions have used natural hormones without the horrible side effects this article hints at. Natural progesterone cream, and now natural testosterone are safe and effective. They just don't make the drug company a lot of profit.

Diabetic Drug Warning Important to Women Suffering Menopause Bone Loss

Diabetic Drug Avandia May Get Bone Warning
Avandia has come under fire again. The media should be shouting this because it is critical that women preserve and prevent bone loss. The media shows their fear of losing a prime advertiser, which is understandable, but not excusable.
In the past year, there were several studies published that showed increased heart decease in patients that used this diabetic drug and now there aer two studies showing bone loss increases in people that use the drug. That's right! They loose bone density - men and women. This is critical, because diabetes strikes in older adults at the same time menopause and andropause attacks.

Do You Suffer From PMS? Considering Drugs or Natural Alternatives?

If you suffer from PMS you may feel you are all alone and that the world is caving in on you. Are you looking into the for drug therapy? Are you considering a natural approach to this? Maybe a combination approach would be more appropriate for you.
Look at it this way. hardly a decade ago there were no therapies available from the medical community. Their goal is to sell you PMS medication. You mom was told "it's all in your head, dear". Treating the symptoms of PMS is its own industry now. On the drug therapy end, the medical industry is making billions on servicing this "disease", one they did not recognize until recently.
Alternative therapies have been available for several decades. While doctors were telling women it was all in their heads, the lady down at the corner health foods store was helping women get real relief without side effects. The study conducted by the WHI that was stopped because the drugs used caused serious complications was not a surprise to them. They knew synthetic hormones made women feel horrible in many cases. They had a sneaky suspicion that cancer rates were accelerating when women took these drugs.