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...Such women already may have been suffering the health effects of aging when they started HRT.NO INCREASED RISK OF HEART DISEASE Continued ...

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13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth , reports that data published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that in the estrogen-alone arm of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, conjugated estrogens 0.625 mg therapy did not increase the risk...

...Both are manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

There are approximately 6 million women taking In 2003, the two drugs had combined sales of $2.1 billion.

Although Premarin, the first HRT drug, was introduced in 1942 for the purpose of alleviating symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness, a study in the Journal of American Medical Association (“JAMA”) has linked it to ovarian cancer.

Women taking Those figures alone should prompt women to consult their physicians regarding alternative treatments or methods of treatment.

This is especially so for women who experience only minor symptoms of menopause such as vaginal dryness which respond to alternative treatments such as creams and vitamin E.

The most important thing stressed by researchers and medical professionals alike is that In addition, women who ar...