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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s get some education backed discussion going.

The original capital HRT was… conjugated equine estrogens (CEE), often sold under the brand name Premarin®. 
For women who still had their uterus, a progestin was added to the estrogen to prevent endometrial cancer. The standard combination was CEE plus medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), the active ingredient in Provera®, which was often prescribed together as the combined pill Prempro.

It was a high dose, pill form, in women around 60.

Now being offered … 17β-estradiol, which has the same chemical structure as the primary estrogen produced by the human ovaries (making it "bioidentical"), rather than animal-derived or synthetic estrogens. This is available in various forms, including pills (e.g., Estrace, Gynodiol), patches (e.g., Vivelle-Dot, Minivelle), gels, and sprays.

What we really need is more money towards women research .. research that was cancelled last Spring.

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So basically there is no consistency in the type of hormone or the method of administration, and we are someone meant to infer … what? I cannot infer anything one way or another other than that it is reason to infer that the greatest risks are starting at 60+.

Yes we need better research. [/quote]

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