Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Hello, ruby, Your reference to the Danish study of almost 700,000 Danish women, many of them using BHRT, is just what I needed. I had no idea that another huge study of HRT had been done anywhere since the WHI study, let alone with bioidentical hormones. I am due to talk to my dr in three days about my next step in HRT. Ordinarily she's open to cyclical BHRT, but because of the uterine polyps I just had removed she thinks static HRT might be better for now. Her rationale is -- actually, I'm not sure what her rationale is. I didn't understand it, so I forgot it. Anyway, the Danish study supports my preference for cyclical BHRT. I think I'll propose using Vivelle all the time and oral Prometrium for about half the month. I'll see what my dr thinks of that. > > Subject: " This Just In... " > To: rhythmicliving > Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 12:13 PM > extracted from larger article at: > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001093504.htm > > Hormone Replacement Therapy And Heart Attack Risk: > Danish Study Provides New Information > > ScienceDaily (Oct. 2, 2008) — It's not what you take > but the way that > you take it that can produce different results in women who > take > hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to new > research on the > association between HRT and heart attacks, published online > in > Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart > Journal... > > ...The study also found that the type of HRT and the way > that the > women took it made a difference to the risk of heart > attacks. > Continuous HRT (a continuous combination of oestrogen and > progesterone) carried a 35% increased risk of heart attacks > compared > with women who had never used HRT. > > But if HRT was taken on a cyclical basis (oestrogen, > followed by a > combination of oestrogen and progesterone) there was a > tendency for > these women to have a reduced risk of heart attacks > compared to women > who had never used HRT, and this was also seen if a > synthetic > hormone, tibolone, was used. If the method of taking the > oestrogen > was via a patch or gel on the skin or in the vagina, the > risk of > heart attack reduced by more than a third (38% and 44% > respectively). > > ~ ruby ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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