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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a system of medical treatment for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, based on the assumption that it may prevent discomfort and health problems caused by diminished circulating estrogen hormones. The treatment involves a series of drugs designed to artificially boost hormone l... more at Wikipedia

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Overall, 86% (35 Members) find Hormone Replacement Therapy helpful
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Reviews

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Initially amazing success with just the estrogen but when I added progesterone I experience severe depression while on it.
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big time weight gain
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very scary for my child and my family.
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Ive lost most of the hair on my chest and legs, my brest have enlarged a little and my hips have widen a bit. The cancer has been in remission since I started this treament almost 3 years ago.
In progress. Her estrogen was just increased so lately she has not been herself. Her hormonal level is that of someone with post-partom depression. But there is hope.
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seems to be helping too
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Nothing has worked
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I am just being analyzed for bio-identical hormone therapy. So far so good- when i went off the deep end a few weeks ago he prescribed progesterone to get me thru until we could get blood work back- it has really worked- I highly reccommend bio-identicals!!
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It helps alot, I had really bad hot flashes and i gained a lot around the middle. It also helped mood swings.
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I'm on estroderm patches,which have suited me fine
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THERE IS ONLY ONE BAD THING ABOUT HRT YOU CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT IF YOU ARE ON PREMARIN
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High TSH, normal T3,T4. Taking 75 mcg synthroid. This up from 3 weeks ago. Was on 50mcg.
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Taking Compounded Progesterone to help correct other homonal balancces in my system.
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patches are not stopping on and still recieving hot flushes
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HRT is touchy...lots of bloods work and tweaking of meds. Went into ovarian failure.
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