Is anyone here taking Bioidentical hormones?

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Re: Is anyone here taking Bioidentical hormones?

Postby blue&white » Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:49 pm

Regarding Bioidenticals - I tried to make an appointment with a GP locally that specialises in BH - but she is not taking any more patients this year!!!!!!! :crybaby: I might try to ring again soon just to see if they've had any cancellations. So instead I will try a Naturopath next week. Just to see what is out there that might help with the SEs.
I'm going to ask for those herbs that Erin has mentioned. I'll try them and see if they do the trick. Ánd report back here with the news.

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Re: Is anyone here taking Biodentical hormones?

Postby SueM44 » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:22 am

I would be interested in how you go so please keep us posted.
I'm not convinced either "research linked to cancer flawed" and have been reading up myself.
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Re: Is anyone here taking Bioidentical hormones? Hmm, scam??

Postby blue&white » Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:17 pm

Not convinced..... but thought I'd post this anyway.

Michelle (NTM) :?


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Research linking HRT to cancer 'flawed'.
Jill Stark
October 24, 2010 (The Age)

MENOPAUSE specialists have slammed new research linking hormone replacement therapy to increased breast cancer deaths, saying the evidence is flawed and alarmist.

Results published last week from a study of more than 16,000 post-menopausal women found that those who had taken combined oestrogen and progesterone HRT were more likely to die from the disease.

It comes from a new analysis of the 2002 study which first linked the drugs to breast cancer and prompted women across the world to stop taking hormone drugs.

But Professor Henry Burger, emeritus director of Melbourne's Prince Henry Institute, told The Sunday Age the 11-year, US government-backed Women's Health Initiative trial was now widely acknowledged as flawed, and the latest results from it perpetuated unnecessary fear.

''Only 3.5 per cent (of trial subjects) were in the 50-to-54-year age group, which would be (when) you might start someone on hormone therapy,'' he said.

The analysis, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found a higher rate of invasive breast cancer and death in those who had taken HRT compared to those on a placebo.

What was not widely reported last week was that the trial's lead author, Rowan Chlebowski, had conceded that the risk of breast cancer death barely met the threshold for being considered statistically significant.

Professor Burger said the overall mortality rate, from any cause, was also lower in the women who had taken HRT than those in the control group.

Leading menopause specialist Alastair MacLennan, head of Adelaide University's obstetrics and gynaecology department, warned that unwarranted alarmism about HRT, fuelled by the WHI trial, was partly to blame for a shift towards potentially dangerous bio-identical hormones.

Four per cent of women over 50 are taking bioidenticals - up from virtually zero use before the 2002 trial.

Like conventional HRT, the drugs contain oestrogen and progesterone, sourced from yams or soybeans and synthesised to mimic hormones depleted during menopause.

They were a ''complete scam'', Professor MacLennan said.

''Women are paying five to six times as much (as HRT) for homemade or pharmacy compounded mixtures of imported hormones, mostly from China, which do not go through the TGA's quality control, and are made up in mixtures that have never been tested for their efficacy and safety,'' he said.
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Re: Is anyone here taking Bioidentical hormones?

Postby blue&white » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:35 am

There is quite a lot of info on the US forums. I have found a GP locally who specialises in Homeopathy and BH and will make an appointment to see her next month. Costly, but if I don't go I won't know what they offer. Of course, I know there might be risks involved - but there is with everything it seems -I think I might be ready to go down this path.

Definition: Bio-identical hormones are natural (usually plant-based) hormone substances that are nearly identical in structure and chemical composition to the hormones your body produces on its own.

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Re: Is anyone here taking Biodentical hormones?

Postby Marydean » Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:11 pm

Michelle good luck with your research. Many drs are wary around bio-identicals in the first place, so you may have trouble finding one who is confident to prescribe these for you given you're in a high-risk category.

I too have wondered about how well bio-identicals would work with menopause symptoms and how much risk is involved. Have you found any useful info on the internet, even overseas?
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Re: Is anyone here taking Biodentical hormones?

Postby cherub » Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:02 pm

hey michelle
ive never heard of them what are they?
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Is anyone here taking Bioidentical hormones?

Postby blue&white » Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:02 am

I am just about to investigate further into finding docs who will prescribe them near me (Melb). Would be interested to hear the views of any ladies who have taken or are currently taking bioidenticals.

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Michelle
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