Should post-menopausal women take estrogen?

by Barbara Kasey Smith

I'm a victim of taking estrogen's for several years for post-menopausal symptoms. I felt since my doctor prescribed them for me that they were safe. After I had been on them for...read more

by Sharri Slater

Early on I learned cancer feeds on hormones. My entire life I chose not to consume any hormone medication whatsoever. I began menopause at the age of 49. Today at 61 I can hone...read more

by Shammah

The human body was made the way it was, to naturally grow and develop all within its own magnificent capabilities. Estrogen is a man made drug and with every foreign substance ...read more

by Elizabeth Vaughn

Estrogen presents too many risks and not enough benefits to be considered necessary. Any medication that has an increased risk of stroke is a gamble of life, not a saver of it....read more

by Seema Sharma

No. The body has the natural capacity to endure and live with its cycle and there are side effects that need to be considered. It is not correct to try to speed up a natural pro...read more

by Sandy Hemphill

Should post-menopausal women take estrogen? Absolutely not! Menopause is not a disease. It does not require treatment. It cannot be cured. Menopause is a naturally occu...read more

by S. Murphy

This is a tricky one. Some women say that they need it and it is usually because their male doctor told them so and they are not interested in learning anything about the female...read more

by Elaine Baglo

This is a tricky subject and I'm sort of in the middle. Ultimately, the decision as to whether or not to take hormone replacements is up to the woman. There do seem to be a lot ...read more

by Janice Caceres

Menopause, from the Greek "meno", meaning "month or menses" and "pausis", meaning "to pause", has been an increasingly popular subject for the past decade, largely due to the ar...read more

by Samantha Pratt-Tyler

I know estrogen can cause breast and cervical cancer. I would go in and get my mammogram and the tech would give me a lecture about using estrogen for so long, I was on estroge...read more

by Andi S Green.

Post-menopausal women should not take estrogen. Estrogen can act as a carcinogen, particularly in those who have family risk of breast cancer or who have had breast cancer alrea...read more

by Sherry Mitchell

Menopause is not a disease to be treated! Women have always faced the changes and challenges associated with menopause, but our youth-oriented culture has determined that they a...read more

by Glenda Weiler

As a post-menopausal woman who made it through without hormone therapy, I have to say that I'm glad I didn't take anything. I always left myself open to the option of getting h...read more

by Bobbi De Cordova-Hanks

I have been living life "on the edge" for the past 21 years. I can trace my diagnosis of metastatic (advanced beyond the breast) breast cancer directly back to taking estrogen...read more

by Patty Quisenberry

No, post-menopausal women should not take estrogen. That is obvious, due to, all the scientific studies and research. While, it is true, that post-menopausal women have higher...read more