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Have you been told no to hrt if you are 10+ years post menopause?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 28 7:31am | Replies (286)Comment receiving replies
@francines I've heard women should not take hrt to prevent osteoporosis. I'm doing weight bearing exercises. Take vit d3, mk7, and trying to get my calcium instead of supplements. It's a gamble between heart disease and osteoporosis. Each of us has to weigh our own risks.
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@pattiel, I am 68 and just 10 yrs post menopause. I was never on HRT prior. I ultimately of course have severe osteoporosis in my spine. I still am having heavy duty hot flashes daily and nightly. I had a long conversation recently with both my GYN Dr and my practitioner. Both ok’d me to start on low dose estrogen patch to not just help with my ongoing menopausal symptoms but to help my osteoporosis not get worse. This happened earlier this year- before the change in black box label for HRT . For a while now there has been lots of new research findings that indicate HRT, even for us 10 yrs post menopausal woman, may benefit from HRT . Of course there’s factors that are considered - I have NO cardiac disease risk, ( my cardiac calcium US gave me a score of “0”). I have no blood clot or stroke risk and no breast cancer risk- so this helped make the decision for me and my Drs. If you want more updated info on HRT changes Dr Mary Claire Haver’s books and podcasts are very informative of the latest research on HRT
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May I ask what your sources are? What do you mean that it is a gamble between heart disease and Osteoporosis? Thanks