Michigan Pharmacist Wants To Clear Confusion About Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Oct. 29, 2010 - PRLog -- A highly emotional debate is brewing about hormone replacement therapy, otherwise known as HRT. Hormones are highlighted in everything from the news media, to current movies, and even your favorite television series. Recently, news criticizing the drug company Wyeth, makers of the hormonal therapy medication Prempro®, shook the pharmacy world. Claims were made that the company paid ghostwriters to play up the benefits and downplay the harm of the drug for articles published in medical journals. Local pharmacist Scott Popyk of Health Dimensions Compounding Pharmacy, which specializes in menopausal and andropausal therapies, wants to help clear the confusion and negative connotations associated with hormone replacement therapy.

“I think one of the biggest disservices, while communicating the benefits and risks of HRT, is grouping all hormones together…the article released by Reuters quoted researchers saying, ‘the articles where intended to mitigate concerns that hormone replacement therapy raises the risk of breast cancer, and to support the unfounded idea that the drugs offer some protection against heart disease.’ The fact of the matter is, not all hormones are alike, and this is a major point we counsel our clients on,” says, Popyk.

Scott continues, “The estrogen component in Prempro® is a group of horse estrogen's, obtained via horse urine, not identical to the human body. Medroxyprogesterone is something called a progestin, not a bio-identical progesterone, which has proven to work differently in many areas throughout the body, compared to a bio-identical progesterone.”

Popyk went on to explain that while there is a considerable amount of research on the benefits of balancing bio-identical hormones, hormones identical to what our own bodies produce, he does not find it prudent to make a blanket statement calling them safe. With the wisdom of nature and science, looking at the body as a whole with proper assessment and testing; he believes the best way to customize a treatment is to take into account the individuality of each patient.

To learn more about the facts, the difference between hormones, their interaction with your body, and your many options, Contact Health Dimensions Compounding Pharmacy at 248-489-1573 or visit them online at www.hdrx.com