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Premarin for older women

Women's Health | Last Active: Dec 5 8:12am | Replies (71)

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@amandajro

Hello @donna393 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I can see this is of great concern to you for many reasons. I am so glad that @jumbley39 can relate to your experience and has quickly responded to you.

I'm curious what your current doctor, who is retiring soon, shared with you regarding her thoughts and recommendations for how to manage this concern going forward after the 12-month Rx is up?

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Hi, thanks for your response. My doctor's form letter that we received, listed 5 doctors that we could contact. That gives me about 12 months to find someone who will give a 74 year old woman an estrogen prescription. I believe that is going to be a needle in a haystack but have started looking around. For me personally, my excellent long term health depends on getting a prescription but I find it funny that most doctors who would be likely to give me a prescription, are around my age and they all are retiring. Further, I think my medical situation is something that younger doctors are not familiar with and I don't think they want to jeopardize their medical license prescribing estrogen to a 74 year old women. I don't think the medical community is fully aware of how many senior citizen women are taking estrogen. However, given this enormous task, I am ready for the challenge.