The BMS are notoriously conservative about just about everything. They would still be trotting out the WHI ball-cocks info if it weren't for people like Louise Newson piling on.....
I agree,
it should be about shared decison making and patient choice. It is hormones - there are far more dangerous drugs that are prescribed without all the scare mongering that has surrounded HRT. Doctors are not God. Infact I dare to say that some ladies on here have a more thorough knowledge of HRT than many a Medical professional. Women have more chance of dying from Dementia , heart desease,stroke , The flu, lung desease and lung cancer rather than breast cancer.
There is a risk to everything we do . We know HRT protects against so many things such as osteoporosis .Falls are a serious threat to older women's health, wellbeing and independence, causing pain, distress and loss of confidence. Despite having serious consequences, falls in later life are often dismissed as an inevitable part of growing older, when the reality is many of them are preventable. HRT helps keep bones healthy .
And is it a coincidence that after the HRT scare when women stopped taking HRT that the incidence of dementia increased significantly. Then there is the appalling lack of effective treatment for UTI's, and the significant increase in them for women in recent years is probably also partly due to the reduced use of HRT, as estrogen supports the bladder.
Estrogen can be for life , menopause is a permanant condition. Not long ago women were lucky if the lived past 60 years .
PMxx