Just because you’ve hit 65, ladies, doesn’t mean you have to give up on hormone therapy. That’s according to the North American Menopause Society* — a new paper it published says, essentially, that fears of cancer and heart disease are unfounded … sort of. Rather, the risk is nuanced:
A new large-scale study based on the records of 10 million senior Medicare women from 2007 to 2020, however, suggests that the implications of HT [hormone therapy] use beyond age 65 years vary by type, route, and dose.
In other words, ‘there is no general rule for stopping hormone therapy in a woman based on age alone.’
Did you read that bit about "type, route, and dose"? That's what your pharmacist can help with. There are more options than you know of, and he or she can work with your physician to make sure you get the right, safe, hormones customized for you.
* It now identifies simply as “The Menopause Society”
