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Hormone Replacement Therapy
In 1991, the Health Research Group published the Women’s Health Alert. The largest chapter in the book was on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). By then, the evidence was clear that these drugs caused breast cancer, and very serious doubts had been raised about their ability to protect against heart disease. The first sentence in this chapter began: Female replacement hormones may someday be remembered as the most recklessly prescribed and dangerous drugs of this century.

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estradiol [cream; vaginal] (ESTRASORB, ESTRING, FEMRING, MENOSTAR, MINIVELLE, VIVELLE); conjugated estrogens (PREMARIN); estradiol [patch] (CLIMARA); synthetic conjugated estrogens (CENESTIN)

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USPSTF Recommends Against Hormone Therapy to Prevent Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal Women
May 2018
This article reviews the recent recommendation issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent volunteer panel of national experts in disease prevention, against the use of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women in order to prevent chronic conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, cancer and osteoporosis.
More Evidence Linking Hormone Therapy To Cardiovascular Harm in Postmenopausal Women
October 2015
In this article, we discuss the most recent evidence linking the use of hormone replacement therapy in women after menopause to increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and other serious cardiovascular problems.
Drug Induced Psychiatric Symptoms
October 2002
This is the first of a two part series on drug induced psychiatric symptoms that is based on the July 8, 2002 issue of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. Regular readers of Worst Pills, Best Pills News will recognize The Medical Letter as a reference source written for physicians and pharmacists that we often use because of its reputation as an objective and independent source of drug information. The article lists the drugs and their psychiatric adverse effects.

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