WHY ARE SYNTHETIC HORMONES PRESCRIBED FOR MENOPAUSE?
Doctors often recommended hormone replacement therapy (either estrogen alone or in combination with progestin) to relieve menopause symptoms. Doctors also prescribed hormone replacement therapy to prevent long-term conditions such as osteoporosis and heart disease. With recent results from the Women’s Health Initiative, a trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, showing elevated health risks of hormone replacement therapy, many doctors are not as inclined to place women on hormone replacement therapy.
