The HRT misuse and osteoporosis epidemic: a possible future scenario
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Climacteric
- Vol. 10 (4), 273-275
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13697130701511277
Abstract
Recent controversies with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have caused much concern in women and their health-care providers. As a result, the number of HRT users in the USA has fallen dramatically. Consequently, the potential HRT-induced reduction in fracture risk is lost so that, in the next few years, we can expect an excess of 43 008 fractures per year in women aged 65 – 69 years. In addition, the recent evidence on the merits of early initiation of HRT on cardiovascular disease risk and neurocognitive function and the effect of type and combination of hormones on breast cancer risk now require an urgent review by the regulatory authorities of their recommendations about HRT.Keywords
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