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[quote=Anonymous]I prescribed MHT as part of my work and I am also not a good candidate for it based on medical history so I have 1 foot in each world of this decision-making. I think it’s great that the research has evolved and we understand that it can be prescribed safely and can really help women with some side effects. Unfortunately, like all things that get picked up by social media, I think it has become wildly oversold and also has become a source of confusion for women over the age of about 30 who now want to subscribe every thing they experience in their body as “being in peri.” Symptoms of concern should always be fully evaluated, if your doctor wants to do that it doesn’t mean they are ignoring them. And MHT has pretty good data supporting its value for managing hot flashes but much more limited for other things. I can’t tell you how many women get started on it expecting it to solve all their problems and then it doesn’t and they want to keep tweaking their dosages and come back frustrated over and over again because they had expectations of these medications that aren’t being met. So you need to be smart about it, consider one of many tools in the toolbox available to you for aging in a healthy way. It may not work, it may not be able to be prescribed, or it may be really helpful. All scenarios possible.[/quote]

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