Are you or someone that you know taking the Premarin class of synthetic drugs to combat the effects of menopause?

If you or someone you know have been prescribed Premarin, Prempro,Prempak-C, Premique, Activella, Angeliq, Feostat, Loestrin, or many others; then you have been prescribed a potentially dangerous synthetic form of HRT that contains conjugated horse estrogens derived from the urine of cruellly treated horses, plus synthetic progestins which should not be confused with natural bioidentical progesterone..

You  are probably already aware of the long term side effects and dangers of Prescription HRT.   What is alarming is that studies show that it is even more dangerous than we originally thought.  Presciption Estogen is totally different than Bioidentical estrogen which doesn't have the same side effects.

What Started All the Controversy Over Prescription Estrogen? 

Well it all started 15 years ago, and the information in the original study appears to be still conclusive as no new information reporting otherwise has been reported in the last 8 years.   The clear choice still appears to be to talk to your doctor about going the route of taking natural bioidentical hormone replacement therapy

It all started on July 9th 2002, The National Institute of Health announced that it had halted a major study, stating that the long-term use of estrogen and progestin significantly increases the chances of invasive breast cancer, blood clots, and heart attacks.

The NIH findings show that just 1 year-long use of synthetic estrogen and progestin increased an otherwise healthy woman's risk of a heart attack by 29 percent, blood clots doubled, breast cancer increased by 24 percent, and stroke by 42 percent.

The amount of women taking prescription estorgens and progestins has declined rapidly since then. The latest research we could find is from 2010 and it showed that less than 5 percent of women over the age of 40, who had or were going through menopause use either prescription estrogen or synthetic progestins. This is compared to a high of 22 percent back in 2000 before the NIH study was released. Clearly most women now understand some of the dangers and are choosing to use bioidentical hormones instead which appear to have way less side effects.

What happened after that?

On Oct 16th 2002.

The U.S Preventative Services Task Force, in review of the above data, gave prescription hormone therapy a “failing grade,”saying that whatever benefits the treatment provides is outweighed by the risk.

On Oct 23rd 2002

The industry received what appears to be the final blow. Another huge study, funded by the British government was halted 10 years before planned because the health dangers were determined to be to high, so the canceled the study.

On May 30 2003, more bad news for Synthetic Estrogen and Unatural Progestins - A New Study Showed an increased Risk of Stroke & Dimentia

Prescription hormone replacement therapy with synthetic estrogen and unatural Progestin is now associated with increased risk of stroke and dementia. This was anounced in three reports released in the May 28th issue of “The Journal of the American Medical Association.”

According to the WHI and WHIMS the relative risks of using Prescription Estrogen plus Progestin are:

• Heart attacks 29% higher increase/ 7 per 10k
• Breast cancer 26% higher increase / 8 per 10k
• Strokes 41% higher increase / 8 per 10k
• Dementia 105% increase / 23 per 10k, women 65 plus
• Blood clots 111% higher increase / 18 per 10k
• Hip fractures 33% decrease / 5 per 10k
• Colon cancer 37% decrease / 6 per 10k

For more recent studies, please see Part 2 of this article which you can access below:

RELATED:  Part 2 - The Latest Prescription Progesterone & Estrogen Warnings - Side Effects

This is a confusing time for women dealing with the symptoms of menopause.

After extensive research it is our opinion that the best option is to first have your doctor start you with natural hormone replacement therapy. Before beginning natural hormone therapy you should check your hormone levels at the proper time of the month.

It is important to note that none of these problems appear to exist if you take bioidentical progesterone or estrogen.

If natural phytoestrogens and/or natural progesterone, along with suporting vitamins fails for some reason; then you may want to take low doses of human and horse estrogens; along with some synthetic progestins.

Why risk your health when it is now possible to take natural plant based estrogen supplements that have been proven safe and effective; with none of the side effects listed above. CLICK HERE to find out which form of Natural Estrogen is the Best and Why?

Most of the time women don't even need estrogen, and in fact need natural progesterone.  Are you suffering from Estrogen Dominance Syndrome?

Why risk all the above dangers?

Natural plant based estrogen supplements that use bioidentical estrogen do not have any of the side effects listed above.

Plus did you know that Premarin is actually made from horse piss and is full of horse based estrogens that are totaly foreign to the human body.

Did you also know that natural bioidentical progesterone doesn't have any of the side effects of synthetic progestins. Discover why progestins like provera arn't really progesterone at all. Take the Provera Vs. Progesterone challenge ..learn more...

Go to Part II - Discover Why Bioidentical Hormones Are Much Safer Than Synthetic Estrogen and Progestin

If you would like further information about the above health warning, then check out the following two links. 1 2

Also check out the FDA's responces to the above NIH statements.

FDA Statement on the Results of the Women's Health Initiative (Posted 8/13/2002)

Updated Labeling for Estrogen and Estrogen-Progestin Products for Postmenopausal Women

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