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Are bioidentical hormones safer than prescription HRT (hormone replacement therapy)?

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Are bioidentical hormones safer than prescription HRT (hormone replacement therapy)?

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Bioidentical hormones are still synthetic. The main difference is that “natural” molecules can not be patented. Bioidentical prescriptions still deliver isolated and concentrated doses and it is the isolation and concentration that are suspect in terms of risk/benefit ratio.