Menopause Treatment Matures
In 2002, Women’s Health Initiative found the drugs that women usually taking for menopause could increase the risk of heart attack.
Health advocates says one third of the former users of hormone therapy-pharmaceutical companies put that total figure at over 18 million–are likely going without treatment or trying alternative remedies.
Rita, for instance, now using a vaginal ring that releases estrogen called the Femring. Taken along with progestin pills, this regimen is helping her feel much better.
Tens of millions of US women entering menopause offered been offered the hormone therapy, the stage during women stop menstruating and estrogen levels drop. Read more!
