Analysis of data, released in February 2010, confirms that combination hormone therapy, which includes estrogen with progestin, increases the risk of heart disease in healthy postmenopausal women. Researchers from the Women’s Health Initiative found a trend toward an increased risk of heart disease during the first two years of hormone therapy among women who began therapy within 10 years of menopause. The study noted a more marked increased risk among women who began hormone therapy more than 10 years after menopause.
My Dr. put me on Prempro 15 years ago at the age of 42 as I was having some hot flashes. I tried going off of them about 8 years ago and made a real mess of myself. Crippling hot flashes that would render me useless for 2 or 3 minutes. Couldn't think, talk, or function. So I went back on the lower dose (.4?). That wasn't enough, 1 year later I went to the higher dose (.6) Two months ago I decided I need to get off them completely. I went back to the lower dose (.4) as a step down. Now.....how do I get off them altogether? Do I take one everyother day for a while? Help....Dr. got aggravated with me and told me to just stop taking them. I won't do that again.
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My Dr. put me on Prempro 15 years ago at the age of 42 as I was having some hot flashes. I tried going off of them about 8 years ago and made a real mess of myself. Crippling hot flashes that would render me useless for 2 or 3 minutes. Couldn't think, talk, or function. So I went back on the lower dose (.4?). That wasn't enough, 1 year later I went to the higher dose (.6) Two months ago I decided I need to get off them completely. I went back to the lower dose (.4) as a step down. Now.....how do I get off them altogether? Do I take one everyother day for a while? Help....Dr. got aggravated with me and told me to just stop taking them. I won't do that again.
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