This webinar on the topic of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for women was presented on Thursday, March 15, 2012. Information on future webinars is posted at www.drbloem.com/webinars/
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This is a response that I posted to an online message board in response to somebody’s claim that “estrogen can have some awful side effects”.
Why would the human body make estrogens (estradiol, estriol, and estrone) if they have side effects?
The link that [...] provided refers to women who participated in the Women’s Health Initiative and who received PremPro.
It is very important understand that these women did not receive bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). Instead they were POISONED with a combination of estrogens from horses (the Premarin component of the PremPro) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (the Provera component of the PremPro). None of these non-bioidentical chemicals are naturally found in the human body.
Needless to say that it is not surprising that these women had an increase of heart disease, breast cancer, blood clots, and stroke, causing this arm of the study to be aborted in 2002.
Unfortunately, many doctors and women still don’t understand this and continue to believe that these women suffered adverse reactions because of “hormone replacement therapy” or “HRT” even though these women did not receive any human hormones.
I have not seen any such adverse reactions in all my years of using properly balanced and monitored bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Estradiol, progesterone, and all the other hormones play an essential role in the human body, so I am not surprised that hormone replacement therapy could be helpful for women with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
As a matter of fact, many mood disorders in women are related to hormonal disorders and I have seen marked improvements in women using BHRT.
Fred Bloem, MD
— In …@yahoogroups.com, [...]> wrote:
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> Estrogen can have some awful side effects :-
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> http://www.estrogen-replacement-side-effects.com/html/effects.html
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> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:47 PM, <…> wrote:
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> > Estrogen in the Fight Against Schizophrenia
> >
> > ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2010) — Many American women are prescribed estrogen
> > to combat the negative effects of menopause, such as bone loss and mood
> > swings. Now, new evidence from a Tel Aviv University study suggests that
> > hormone replacement therapy might also protect them — and younger women –
> > from schizophrenia as well.
> >
> > Prof. Ina Weiner of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Psychology and her
> > doctoral student Michal Arad have reported findings suggesting that
> > restoring normal levels of estrogen may work as a protective agent in
> > menopausal women vulnerable to schizophrenia. Their work, based on an animal
> > model of menopausal psychosis, was recently reported in the journal *
> > Psychopharmacology.*
> >
> > *Continued at
> > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100120112212.htm
For those familiar with the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) that was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health the link between oral contraceptives and breast cancer is no surprise. Women who participated in the WHI and who used a combination of Premarin and Provera had an increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, blood clots, and stroke.
Premarin contains estrogens from horses and Provera is the brand name for medroxyprogesterone acetate. They are not messenger chemicals that are normally found in the human body.
This article makes the mistake of referring to oral contraceptives as hormones. These chemicals do not meet the dictionary definition of hormone because they are not produced by the hormone glands of the human body. Because they are not normally found in the human body they have a different effect on the body’s hormone receptors: that effect is one of hormone disruption.
The estrogen component of the “estrogen+progestin-based birth control” consists of non-bioidentical chemicals like ethinyl estradiol that is not found in the human body. Likewise, the progestin component consists of chemicals like norethindrone that is not produced by the human body. Similar chemicals are also found in injectable contraceptives such as Depo Provera and implanted contraceptives such as Norplant and IUDs.
The side effect profiles of Premarin and non-bioidentical “estrogens” and Provera and so-called progestins is similar. It is unfortunate that many physicians prescribe them inappropriately not only for contraception but also for complaints of acne or diagnoses of polycystic ovarian syndrome, and amenorrhea. It is my opinion that these chemicals have no place in the human body because they poison hormone receptors and disrupt hormone physiology throughout the body.
If a woman seeks contraception I recommend natural family planning or barrier contraceptives such as condoms, diaphragms, and cervical caps.
Pete Chagnon – OneNewsNow – 5/26/2009 7:00:00 AM
A cancer awareness group says as schools pass out birth control to young girls, they are failing to notify them about an increased health risk.
According to Karen Malec, president of The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, young girls who are prescribed estrogen+progestin-based birth control by their school nurses are at an
increased risk for breast, cervix, and liver cancer. World Health Organization conducted a study in 2005 and found that type of birth control carcinogenic.“In other words, they cause cancer in human beings,” she notes. “And they assign these drugs the highest level of carcinogenicity — the highest level is group one.”
Malec believes the worst time in a young woman’s life to be exposed to this level of carcinogen is before the birth of her first child. The Coalition is urging concerned parents and individuals to contact their school officials.
“But it’s really the doctors and the nurses who are responsible for giving the information to the high school officials. They’re not doing that, and so we’re just asking people to please contact the high school’s officials and let them know about this fact that the World Health Organization has acknowledged these drugs as cancer-causing.”
