Just prescribed HRT (Primaque) and told nothing
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I had both ovaries removed which cause what is known as the surgical menopause. I was handed a prescription for this without any discussion so would be grateful if someone could let me know the pro's and cons of HRT and this medication, also what side effects should be expected.
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Jan999 Tazchurch
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Others on this forum will say differently I know but I can only speak for myself. I now am reducing the doseage gradually. Years ago they thought it prevented you from going through a menopause and all the symptoms that go with it but they now know that's not the case.
Tazchurch Jan999
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sandra11356 Tazchurch
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Personally I would make an appointment with the Nurse at your practice and ask her for advice, although I do have a good GP I do tend to use 'Doctor Google' (bad I know) and these forums if I have any concerns.
jean44299 Tazchurch
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My advice is never take the tablet form which has to go through the liver etc., The patches have a minimal risk or a greater benefit, depends on your mindset.
No side effects whatsoever only a great sense of well being, only women who have had their ovaries removed know of the dreadful time if they are not getting the right HRT dose or none at all as in some cases.
Take a look at the findings of Yale and Pennsylvania medical school research.
They state that 50,000 women without ovaries in the USA alone have died needlessly because they didn't take HRT or came off it because they were frightened off it because of the findings of the WHI trials.
No women who didn't take HRT that is those without ovaries reached the age of seventy.
A surgical menopause is very different from going through the normal menopause.
I could go on forever about the issues involving HRT, I have read loads of research papers and their findings over the years and do not have any doubts whatsoever about the benefits in taking it for women who have their ovaries removed.
A women of my age would still be producing some estrogen who had gone through the normal menopause, it doesn't stop at 52 like some professionals .
tell you.
jean44299 Tazchurch
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Did you have your womb and tubes removed as well? Because if you had Premaque would not be suitable as it contains oestrogens and progestogens, this tablet form is only suitable for women going through the menopause.
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Celia1966 Tazchurch
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I would look into the hormone and how it is made, and request a synthetic one if you are not happy with the answers. Good luck.
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