Are Bioidentical Hormones Safer Than Conventional Estrogen Therapy?
New Rochelle, NY, July 12, 2007—A comprehensive new review of evidence-based medicine questions the recent claims that bioidentical hormones are any safer or more effective than conventional hormone replacement therapy used to treat menopausal symptoms, according to a report published in the June 2007 issue (Vol. 16, No. 5) of Journal of Women’s Health a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com). This report is fully available free online at www.liebertpub.com/jwh. The findings of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) led many women to stop using traditional hormone therapy and to search for alternative approaches to ease the symptoms associated with menopause. This has led to an increased use of compounded formulations of hormone called bioidentical therapies, with the presumption of decreased risk. Michael Cirigliano, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in Philadelphia, based on an extensive re
