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4 hours ago ago from BodyLogicMD's Hormone Therapy Blog

According to recent findings from the study known as the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), women who use antidepressants to treat depression have a higher risk of stroke and heart attack. In fact, menopausal and post-menopausal women who use selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI’s) had a higher mortality rate than women who weren’t treated for depression , regardless of the cause of death. Unfortunately, it’s still unclear as to what ...

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9 hours ago ago from Dallas Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog

American women in the 1990s were told they could help their bodies ward off major illness by taking menopausal hormone drugs. Some medical associations said so. Many gynecologists and physicians said so. Respected medical journals said so, too. Along the way, television commercials positioned hormone drugs as treatments for more than hot flashes and night sweats — just two of the better-known symptoms of menopause, which is technically ...

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Menopausal Hormone Litigation Documents

22 hours ago ago from Stay Young & Sexy with Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement

Wyeth (not Pfizer) knew for over 30 years the possible harmful side effects of their drugs, Premarin (pregnant mare urine), Provera (synthetic progesterone), and Prempro (a combo of the former two). Even the FDA had its doubts about their safety but Wyeth talked, wrote and paid the company out of those problems by hiring doctors to promote the use of their menopausal drugs. Opponents of bio-identical hormones say that there are no studies ...

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