The Medical Freedom Channel

“Remember when Momma told you not to put things in your mouth? Well, she was talking about estrogen pills — she just didn’t know it. Today — four years after the Women’s Health Initiative found a distinct downside (breast cancer) to using Prempro (the estrogen/progestin pill) in older women — even those rethinking hormones for younger women are still anti-oral estrogen. That’s because estrogen in pill form gets processed through the liver, and the side effects associated with those pills include the risk of cardiovascular complications. That means possible blood clots and elevated levels of a cardiovascular risk factor called C-reactive protein. This is an unnecessary tradeoff for better skin or a healthy vagina when there are other products available that can reach the same goals, says Dr. Alan Altman, an assistant professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Harvard Medical School.” (03/28/06)