We have finally conquered approval for estrogen replacement.
In the last 6 months women have had a peeked interest in taken hormone replacement after menopause because, finally the new FDA director published the truth about estrogen and its benefits for women in menopause. I have been waiting for this change in official recommendations for the past 23 years since I started my hormone (estradiol/testosterone) pellet practice in 2002, BioBalanceŸ Health.
It is amazing to me that millions of women have been ignored for over 2 decades
when they have asked their doctors for help with their symptoms of menopause, because the FDA told them it was dangerous. Remember, these are the same people who told us that our diet should be composed of primarily cereals and grains which left the United States with a 50% diabetes rate!
Now the FDA has changed leadership, and I pray they will not only approve estrogen for menopause, but admit testosterone is another ovarian hormone that menopausal need to replace.
Let me back up a minute to relate the history of societyâs treatment of women since women were not considered equal to cattle, as a possession that men could own. The general theme here is that if a woman complained about any symptoms or about how she was treated by society, her husband or any other male created empire, women were immediately considered crazy. Think of the âWitch Trialsâ of the 1700s in early America and in Great Britain.
Society as a whole, has called us (women) nuts even after Salem. If you want proof and a laugh at the same timeâŠyou should watch the movie HYSTERIA which is set in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Withholding estrogen after menopause during the last 20 years has left millions of women in the US without jobs, marriages or confidence, not to mention the fact that women post menopause are sicker than before the FDA Press release 23 years ago.  No one can work effectively if they have hot flashes all the time, intrmittent sweating, inability to think, pain after intercourse, chronic urinary tract infection or depression.
Now that we have finally conquered approval for estrogen replacement, here is a bigger problem. This 23-year gap in prescribing hormones caused the same gap in educating GYN residents and Family Medicine doctors. The one-day training I had as a resident was decreased to zero for doctors trained between 2002 and 2023! They were taught just donât write a script for estrogen or you will get sued.
No one who was a resident in OBGYN or Family Medicine between 2002 and 2023 has ANY TRAINING on how to prescribe and trouble shoot hormone issues, unless like my doctor daughter, they were trained by a renegade such as me! Menopausal women will have to find a doctor who is over 53 years old, but even those doctors are out of practice and have spent decades badmouthing hormones and telling their patients they donât need hormone replacement. These doctors were brainwashed by ONE government studyâs Headline, that was meant to impair the freedom of aging women,
I started a medical hormone practice in that very year called BioBalanceŸ Health that has grown exponentially ever since. I only provide the best form of estrogen, which is a long lasting pellet that you dose once every 4 months. There are other doctors out there who have been trained in hormone replacement practice of medicine by one or both of 2 organizations, AMMG or A4M, two groups of forward-thinking doctors who practice bioidentical hormone replacement in conjunction with preventive medicine and cutting-edge medicine aimed at facilitating aging women achieve healthy as they age.
During these two decades I wrote a book for women called The Secret Female Hormone that educates women about hormone replacement with estrogen and TESTOSTERONE, a hormone that we still donât have approval to use, yet we desperately need after age 45.
Even though my mission is based on educating women and their doctors how important estradiol and testosterone are to their health after menopause, my larger issue is combatting the way society impairs the role of women through healthcare laws and recommendations. My battle is against inequality, for mature women. Women lose their testosterone at least ten years earlier than men, yet men have had their testosterone replaced for a hundred years, yet the FDA has blocked any form of testosterone for women.
The quality of life and health for women is at risk. Testosterone replacement saves marriages, improves health as women age, and is needed for women to work productively after menopause. This fight, my fight, is for POWER for each individual woman to live healthy productive lives.
You should take advantage of your new freedom to receive hormone replacement and receive all the benefits from one of the two most important hormones to womenâs health.
*References:
**FDA To Remove Black Box Warning From Hormone Replacement Products Containing Estrogen
The New York Times (11/10, Rabin) reports the FDA âwill remove the so-called black box warning from all hormone replacement products containing estrogen,â Marty Makary, MD, âthe agencyâs commissioner, announced on Monday.â According to the Times, âthe labels will be rewritten with age-specific guidance indicating that there are long-term health benefits if treatment is begun within 10 years of the onset of menopause.â The changes, which are âexpected within six months, represent a radical turnabout in what women have been told about hormone replacement therapy.â
CNN (11/10, Goodman, Howard) reports, âIt could take months for the labels to change, but drugmakers are âvery excitedâ to make the update, Makary said.â Meanwhile, âwomenâs health experts praised the move to update the boxed warning to reflect newer scientific evidence around menopausal hormone therapy but said individualized discussions of risks and benefits will still be needed.â
The AP (11/10, Perrone) reports, âU.S. health officials said they will remove the boxed warning from more than 20 pills, patches and creams containing hormones like estrogen and progestin, which are approved to ease disruptive symptoms like night sweats
https://x.com/DrMakaryFDA/status/1988244737862631524
This Health cast was written and presented by Dr. Kathy Maupin, M.D., Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Expert and Author. www.BioBalanceHealth.com âą (314) 993-0963. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel and please check â Like â. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at BioBalanceHealth.
