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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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Exactly!  The key is the new HRT is bioidentical---better suited for most women.  
And yes, we need more research.  If men went thru menopause, we would have tens of excellent choices decades ago (just look at all the forms of viagra readily available) 
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