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Hormone Replacement Therapy
About HRT - Overview
For many years, women have been prescribed hormone replacement drugs as therapy for symptoms associated with menopause. It is estimated that annually, over 6 million women were prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs to alleviate symptoms generally associated with menopause. Included in this group were menopausal, pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women. Beyond treating symptoms associated with menopause, doctors also believed that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) also protected women from the risks of osteoporosis, heart disease and other ailments associated with aging.
In 1993, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a project sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH), began a study of approximately 160,000 women aged 50 - 79. Part of the WHI study examined the benefits and risks associated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), studying approximately 16,600 women.
In July 2002, the portion of WHI study involving women who were prescribed combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was halted due to the increased risks of breast cancer, heart attack, stroke and blood clots that were observed in the study. The data collected in the WHI study has prompted a re-examination of the appropriateness of hormone replacement therapy.
Also in 2002, the National Cancer Institute published a study that suggested an association between the use of estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the development of ovarian cancer. The data suggested that the risk of developing ovarian cancer increased with the length of time estrogen-only HRT was used.
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