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Common myths associated with Hormone Replacement Therapy:
Testosterone
- Muscle bound.
- Personality changes.
- Cancer risks.
- Potentially addictive.
Truth is, when prescribed in physiologic doses and monitored consistently
these risks are prevented.
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The press-and often medical publications give misleading information.
Truth is, the compounds described in the HRT article were synthetic or not "natural"
to the human body -is it any wonder that they fail to slow or retard disease?!
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Let's examine several of the top selling drugs
like Premarin.
* Derived from PREgnant MAre's uRINe.
Contains Equine (horse) estrones, not the human estradiols or estriols that your body actually needs.
* Many adverse side effects.
* Better than nothing.
* Not for the discriminating, modern patient.
Pregnant mare urine collection stalls.
65,000 young horses are slaughtered annually as part of pregnant mare urine industry.
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Here's another popular drug called Provera
- Synthetic progestin-not a human progesterone.
- Many side effects.
- Does not affect in any measurable way your human progesterone levels.
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Here's a major drug called SYNTHROID - with a major "problem."
Synthetic T4-and only T4, not the 10X more active
and natural T3, or other important thyroid enzymes.
Synthroid is used almost exclusively now ith the US.A. Synthroid's manufacturer
was recently fined billions of $$$ by the FDA for falsification of the research
documents 25 years ago; misrepresentations discovered too late. Big "60 Minutes"
story about the "inaccuracies" of manufacturer's research.
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Why would major drug companies produce drugs or products that are synthetic or that have adverse side effects?
- Money.
Natural biologically identical human hormones ARE NOT patentable by drug companies!
No patent =No proprietary product =No profit!
- Money.
To acquire and protect "market share" they make synthetics and then heavily promote their use by the medical community and the general public. Large market share ensures
high volume manufacturing = economy of scale = low per unit material and labor costs = high profit!
- Money.
Many of the Fortune 500 Companies are pharmaceutically based. Back in the mid
1960's the pharmaceutical industry contributed over $1.3 million dollars to the
Wilson Foundation, which promoted estrogen replacement drugs like Premarin.
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Overall Health
Reduced Energy / Easily Fatigued
Reduced Sleep Quality / Restless Sleep
Absence of "Sense of Well-being"
Healing and Immunity
Increased Healing Time
Decreased Flexibility
Chronic Pain (e.g.Arthritis)
Increased Susceptibility to Illness
Muscle Tone
Reduced Muscle (Lean Body) Mass
Reduced Muscle Strength
Reduced Exercise Performance
Increased Body Fat
Hair, Skin and Bone
Decreased Hair and Nail Growth
Thinning of Skin / Easily Bruised skin
Wrinkles / Redundant Loose Skin
Reduced Bone Density
Metabolism
Blood SugarAbnormalities
(hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia)
Elevated LDL Cholesterol
Reduced HDL Cholesterol
Mental Health
Reduced Memory and concentration
Emotional Instability and / or Depression
Overwhelming Stress and / or Anxiety
Sexual Function
Reduced Sex Drive / Libido
Reduced Sexual Potency / Decreased Performance
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