Anonymous
04/22/2024 21:54
Subject: I can’t decide if I should take bc for peri
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't understand this "my doctor will put me on BC but not HRT" stuff. I certainly believe PPs are hearing this from their doctor, I just wish they weren't because is shows how ignorant doctors are about treating peri/menopause. BC has far more hormone in it that HRT like Estradiol w/ supplemented with some progesterone.
No.
Hrt plus your own hormones is the issue.
If you are still having regular periods you are layering hrt on top of your existing hormones
HRT is quite a low dose compared to the hormones in a woman’s normal cycle, and by the time women experience perimenopause symptoms, it’s usually because their own hormones are getting low. Anyway this seems to be a controversial issue even among doctor, and there are different philosophies for treatment.
Do you even know the dosage HRT v birth control pills? This disagreement comes up here periodically and what I’ve gathered is that a lot of posters spout that HRT is lower than BC but no one actually seems to be reading the dosages to make that statement:
