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- Esterified estrogens - Menest
- Estrogen (estradiol) patches - Alora / Climara / Estraderm / Vivelle / Menostar
- Vaginal estrogen - Estring / Premarin
- Combination estrogen and methyltestosterone - Estratest
- Medroxyprogesterone - Cycrin / Provera
- Estrogen progestin tablets - Activella / Femhrt / Prempro
- Estrogen and progesterone patch - Combipatch
- Estrogen cream - Estrasorb
- Drospirenone and estradoil - Yasmin
/ Angeliq
- Transdermal - EstroGel® (estradiol gel)
/ Elestrin™/Bio-E-Gel® (estradiol gel)
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General Information:
News & Research:
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Renin Substrate Levels Decrease with Transdermal Hormone Therapy and
Increase with Oral Hormone Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 5/6/03 -
"Oral
Prempro (conjugated equine
estrogen/medroxyprogesterone) appears to increase plasma levels of renin
substrate (angiotensinogen) to a significantly greater extent than
CombiPatch (estradiol/norethindrone) ... The problem is that increases in
the renin substrate (RS) can trigger activity in
[renin-angiogenesis-aldosterone system] that can lead, in turn, to higher
blood pressure and, possibly, hypertension"
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Transdermal Hormones Better than Oral for Improving Women's Sexual Quality
of Life - Doctor's Guide, 5/2/03 -
"At end point (20 weeks), 33% of 81 women on
CombiPatch eported improvement in Quality of Life scores compared to 17% of
84 on Prempro"
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Hormone Studies: What Went Wrong? - NY Times, 4/22/03 -
"He said it was possible that estradiol, the
estrogen women naturally produce and that goes directly to their bloodstream
is protective. The estrogen in pills, metabolized by the liver before
entering the blood, may be harmful. Neither the nurses' study nor the
Women's Health Initiative addressed that question, Dr. Rossouw said"
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Estrogen Patch Compared To Pill Minimizes Cardiovascular Risk Factor In
Postmenopausal Women - Doctor's Guide, 4/15/03
- Estrogen Patch
More Heart-Friendly Than Pills - WebMD, 4/15/03 -
"the C-reactive
protein increased to an average of almost twice their baseline levels
when the women took oral estrogen replacement, but not when they were on the
estrogen patch"
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Transdermal Estradiol May Be An Effective Antidepressant - Clinical
Psychiatry News, 1/03 -
"The response to transdermal estradiol was “quite
rapid,” compared with conventional
antidepressants ... Moreover, transdermal estradiol's antidepressant
effect remained significant during the 4-week washout period at the end of
the 12-week study period"
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Estradiol Alone Does Not Increase Breast Cancer Risk - Doctor's Guide,
12/16/02 -
"Hormone replacement therapy containing progestins
significantly elevates breast cancer risk,
but preparations containing estradiol alone do not, a large Swedish
observational study suggests"
- Nonoral HRT May
Be Safer Alternative - WebMD, 10/10/02 -
"Investigators conducting a small European study in
which HRT was given in the form of estrogen skin patches and vaginally
administered natural progesterone say these methods may be free of the
cardiovascular risks that have recently been associated with oral hormone
therapy. As an added benefit, postmenopausal women who were on the regimen
for one year lost weight, lowered their blood pressure, and had less vaginal
bleeding ... the weight loss and the decreases in blood pressure may have
been associated with the use of natural progesterone in the HRT regimen,
rather than the synthetic form of the hormone that is commonly used"
- CombiPatch Now Available In
U.S. For Menopause Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 9/30/98
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