TOP 10 REASONS TO GET OFF SYNTHETIC HORMONES

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TOP 10 REASONS TO GET OFF

SYNTHETIC HORMONES

By: Helen Pensanti M.D.

 

On July 9, 2002, the National Institutes of Health HALTED a landmark

scientific study of synthetic hormone replacement therapy because

they found that synthetic estrogen/progestin therapy resulted in:

41% increased risk of stroke, 29% increased risk of heart attack,

26% increased risk of breast cancer and a doubled rate of blood

clots in the legs and lungs. This study sent shock waves through the

medical community.

 

JAMA, (Feb 13th, 2002) study of Hormone Replacement Therapy in

Relation to Breast Cancer. Results showed the longer use of HRT was

associated with increased risk of lobular breast cancer.The

incidence of breast cancer, all histologic types combined, was

increased by 60% to 85% in recent long-term users of HRT. Long-term

HRT use was associated with a 50% increase in nonlobular cancer.

Their data adds to the growing body of evidence that recent long-

term use of HRT is associated with an increased risk of breast

cancer and that such use may be related particularly to lobular

tumors.

 

Previously, in 1995, The American Journal of Obstetrics and

Gynecology published an article stating that not only long-term, but

short-term users of Premarin had a 40% percent risk of acquiring

breast cancer!

In the 1995 Nurses' Health Study, a study was done on the increased

risk of breast cancer in women taking various synthetic hormones. It

was found that women taking synthetic estrogen alone had a 36%

increased risk; those on synthetic estrogen plus progestin had a 50%

increase; those on progestins alone had a 240% increased risk of

acquiring breast cancer! Women who, at the time of the study, had

been taking estrogen and progestin for 5-10 years had a 45%

increased risk. This study is one of the largest done to date.

Also in the Nurses' Health Study, the older a woman was the higher

the risk. Women between the ages of 60 and 64 who had been taking

synthetic hormones for five years or more had an increased risk of

developing breast cancer by 71%. Studies have shown that within 5

years of discontinuing synthetic hormones, a woman's risk of breast

cancer returns to normal.

 

Mainstream medical doctors use the rationale that elevated cancer

risks are balanced by the fact that these estrogens protect against

heart disease and osteoporosis. In April, 2000, a federal study of

25,000 women published in the New York Times indicated that

conventional hormone replacement therapy may put women at a higher

risk of heart attack and stroke. The NIH study confirmed this higher

risk beyond a doubt.

The estrogen, " estriol " is completely missing from some forms of

conventional hormone replacement therapy. In the female human body,

Estriol is the estrogen that is found in the greatest amount

compared to estrone and estradiol. Over 80% of this natural tri-

estrogen is estriol in females. Studies have shown that estriol

protects the body from the more carcinogenic estrone and estradiol

and is especially protective against breast cancer!

Premarin is not " natural " to the human body. It is made from

pregnant mare's urine. The generic name for Premarin is conjugated

equine estrogen. Also, the percentages of estrone and estradiol

found in Premarin are much greater than the levels your body

produces naturally. This leads to hormone imbalance.

The " patch " contains 100% estradiol which is the most potent of all

the estrogens found in the female body. It contains no estrone and

no estriol. If you look in the Physician's Desk Reference under

listing for the patch which is sold under several brand names, you

will see, in large print, the following statement: ESTROGENS HAVE

BEEN REPORTED TO INCREASE THE RISK OF ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA IN

POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN.

 

2003 Physician's Desk Reference (PDR): Side effects of Premarin:

Endometrial cancer, breast cancer, blood clots, uterine bleeding,

uterine fibroids, weight gain, mental depression, edema, changes in

libido, gallbladder disease. A side effect of synthetic hormones is

weight gain, especially around the middle, hips, and thighs (the

classic " pear- shaped " weight gain). The average weight gain I saw

in women who were placed on synthetic hormones was between 20-30

pounds, sometimes even more!

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