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Femhrt (norethindrone acetate/ethinyl estradiol)
Related Topics:
- HRT in general / Female Sexuality / hot flashes / PMS / menopause /
contraception / osteoporosis
- Conjugated estrogens - Cenestin / Estrace / Ogen / Premarin
- Esterified estrogens - Menest
- Estrogen (estradiol) patches - Alora / Climara / Estraderm / Vivelle / Menostar
- Vaginal estrogen - Estring / Premarin
- Combination estrogen and methyltestosterone - Estratest
- Medroxyprogesterone - Cycrin / Provera
- Estrogen progestin tablets - Activella / Femhrt / Prempro
- Estrogen and progesterone patch - Combipatch
- Estrogen cream - Estrasorb
- Drospirenone and estradoil - Yasmin
/ Angeliq
- Transdermal - EstroGel® (estradiol gel)
/ Elestrin™/Bio-E-Gel® (estradiol gel)
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News & Research:
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Warner Chilcott Announces Approval of Low-Dose femhrt® 0.5 mg/2.5 mcg - Doctor's Guide, 1/17/05
- Femhrt Increases Endothelial Dysfunction in Postmenopausal Non-Smokers - Doctor's Guide, 5/6/03 -
"Femhrt
subjects showed a statistically significant mean increase in vasodilation versus placebo in healthy women who never smoked ...
Prempro and Evista showed no such endothelial benefits for this subgroup or the smoker group"
- Study Finds Breast Cancer Risk Due to Progestins in HRT - WebMD, 3/5/03 -
"Women who take combination hormone replacement therapy for more than four
years are at very high risk of breast cancer compared with women who have never used HRT. But estrogen-only HRT is virtually free of breast-cancer risk"
- Endometrial Effects Of Norethindrone Acetate/Ethinyl Estradiol - Doctor's Guide, 2/27/02
- Estradiol Alone Does Not Increase Breast Cancer Risk - Doctor's Guide, 12/16/02 -
"Hormone replacement therapy containing progestins
significantly elevates breast cancer risk, but preparations containing estradiol alone do not, a large Swedish observational study suggests"
- Femhrt Users Report Less Breakthrough Bleeding than Prempro Users - Doctor's Guide, 10/2/02
- Increased Risks Lead To Halt In Large US Estrogen/Progestin Trial - Doctor's Guide, 7/9/02 -
"overall heath risks exceeded benefits from the use
of conjugated equine estrogens (0.625 milligrams per day) plus medroxyprogesterone acetate (2.5 mg/d), combined in one tablet"
- Hormone Therapy Linked to Ovarian Cancer - WebMD, 4/2/02 -
"ovarian cancer risk almost doubled in those taking either estrogen alone or an estrogen plus progestin regimen in
which progestin is not given every day (known as cyclic HRT). The researchers found no increased ovarian cancer risk in women taking continuous HRT, in which progestin is always given with estrogen"
- Hormone In Contraceptive Fights Cancer - Intelihealth, 1/2/02 -
"Progestin is the ingredient in oral contraceptive pills that provides the highest level of
protection against ovarian cancer ... the cancer risk was cut by about 50 percent in all women taking pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin ... However, women who took pills containing high levels of progestin reduced their risk of ovarian cancer by an
additional 50 percent"
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