WHY USE HORMONE REPLACMENT THERAPY IF YOU ARE MENOPAUSAL?
Dr Steven R. Goldstein MD is a Menopause Specialist in NYC and a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University School of Medicine. Dr Goldstein is also a past President of the International Menopause Society, a Certified Menopause Practitioner and a Past President of the North American Society. One of Dr Goldstein’s patients who was in menopause said “I feel pretty good. I am two years into menopause, I eat right and I exercise, and except for the fact that I don’t menstruate, I can’t tell the difference. Why should I take any drug?” Realize that there is a difference between taking medication for relief of menopausal symptoms (like hot flashes, insomnia, night sweats etc.) and the concept of taking a drug for health maintenance and prevention of disease. Women who are postmenopausal will lose bone. This is because Estrogen helps to inhibit the resorption of bone. Bone is a dynamic organ. For your entire life you are constantly laying down new bone cells and resorbing old