According to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, they state in their Position Statement that there have been "exaggerated claims about the efficacy and safety of bioidentical hormones as safer, more effective and free of side effects because they are 'natural'".
"...these claims have not been properly peer-reviewed or subjected to formal scientific scrutiny."
"Until evidence-based, scientific studies are available, the existence of meaningful differences between “bioidentical” and conventional hormones remains to be established. "
"In summary, there is no scientific evidence that specific combinations of oral estrogens provide improved safety or efficacy compared to FDA-approved pharmaceutical products in the treatment of menopausal females. Additional clinical and basic research of this subject is needed."
[Source: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), Reproductive Medicine Committee Position Statement on Bioidentical Hormones, updated on 07/15/07. Located at: www.aace.com/pub/positionstatements]
It looks like, to answer your original question abbyg, that there may not be sufficient peer-reviewed, evidence-based data on the efficacy of "BHRT" vs. HRT, as far as the clinical community is concerned, in order to provide concrete "data" (as of 2007). Hopefully I am wrong, and others can provide this information, as it is not easily found in clinical journal researching (from a non-clinician).
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According to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, they state in their Position Statement that there have been "exaggerated claims about the efficacy and safety of bioidentical hormones as safer, more effective and free of side effects because they are 'natural'".
"...these claims have not been properly peer-reviewed or subjected to formal scientific scrutiny."
"Until evidence-based, scientific studies are available, the existence of meaningful differences between “bioidentical” and conventional hormones remains to be established. "
"In summary, there is no scientific evidence that specific combinations of oral estrogens provide improved safety or efficacy compared to FDA-approved pharmaceutical products in the treatment of menopausal females. Additional clinical and basic research of this subject is needed."
[Source: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), Reproductive Medicine Committee Position Statement on Bioidentical Hormones, updated on 07/15/07. Located at: www.aace.com/pub/positionstatements]
It looks like, to answer your original question abbyg, that there may not be sufficient peer-reviewed, evidence-based data on the efficacy of "BHRT" vs. HRT, as far as the clinical community is concerned, in order to provide concrete "data" (as of 2007). Hopefully I am wrong, and others can provide this information, as it is not easily found in clinical journal researching (from a non-clinician).
Would love to hear information from others!
August 10, 2008 - 8:07pmThis Comment
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