HRT can SHRINK womens BRAINS!!
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
January 16, 2009 9:10am CST
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7825116.stm
how scary!! not only do you have to worry about cancer but now strokes and dementia, memory loss and your brain shrinking!!
we women cannot win can we?? i am NOT looking forward to those years!! for those that take HRT are you worried about the risks? are you doing anything to try to make sure you catch it if there is problems??
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@KatieDidit (989)
• United States
16 Jan 09
I refused the HRT but I am taking Effexor. It's actually an antidepressant but it has a side effect of reducing the hot flashes. I'm hoping they don't last to much longer. I still have them just not as intense as they were before.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
17 Jan 09
hmm i didnt know that about effexor! i will have to keep that in mind because i think for one of the conditions i have they were gonna put me on that so maybe in the future i can just switch to it and take care of both problems
@tessah (6617)
• United States
16 Jan 09
is hrt that stuf they give to menopausal women so they dont go insane from hotflashes? (links arent active in email alerts, so i didnt read the article 
) if it is.. no i wont be taking it. i will suffer through the crap like every other woman did until it ends before they came up with this stuff thats sposed to "help" but apparently makes you stupid. o.O id rather sweat and possibly grow a goatee than have an anuerism burst in my head, or wind up dr00|ing on myself in a corner not knowing who i am.
) if it is.. no i wont be taking it. i will suffer through the crap like every other woman did until it ends before they came up with this stuff thats sposed to "help" but apparently makes you stupid. o.O id rather sweat and possibly grow a goatee than have an anuerism burst in my head, or wind up dr00|ing on myself in a corner not knowing who i am.1 person likes this
@rameshkumaar57 (5908)
• India
16 Jan 09
I have also read this article in a shortened form in a newspaper, well let me tell you my friend you cannot take this news as the absolute truth.I have seen so many women who had HRT treatment, and they are hale and hearty. In India lot of woman above the age of 45 have had HRT and I have not seen many woman having strokes or dementia, believe me I am in the pharmaceutical business and I see a lot of Doctors every day and I should know.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
16 Jan 09
i know my mom was on it and has had cancer 4 times since and they thought she had had a stroke once.. but shes sharp minded so her thinking hasnt been affected at all
