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how do you know which is best for you HRT or Bio-identicals ?
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Do you have any cardiac or stroke risk factors- previous TIA, stroke, angina or MI, high cholesterol, family history of heart attack or stroke, history of smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes or metabolic syndrome ? If so, estrogen may not be a good choice for you as it increases risk of heart attack and stroke. Definitely worth talking to a good internist about before you start.
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My primary feels I may have familial hypercholesterolmia, after several rounds of blood work done, monitoring my food intake . I don't fit the "profile" or lifestyle of one who would have elevated cholesterol. So not a definite answer and my primary doesn't feel I need any medications since my eating habits/lifestyle can lower it.
So crazy something our body produce(s) naturally can stop making. Then our bodies start breaking down, due to lack of the hormones and when we try to find "things" to bring balance we end up with illnesses and possibly dying from stroke/heart attack.
My GYN years ago gave me estradiol cream but that was for dryness only, she never mentioned hormone balance. I never truly used the cream .