What are the risks of Conventional or Synthetic HRT?
Since the Women s Health Initiative Study came out there has been a great deal of confusion about HRT. Most of the press got the information wrong as they mixed bioidentical with synthetic hormones as being all the same. The press never understood the difference between bioidentical and synthetic. The study was done with synthetic hormones and a major arm of the study (Prempro) had to be discontinued because of the risks involved while women were on it. What they noticed was an increase in cardiovascular problems and alzheimer s disease. There is no evidence that bioidentical hormones do this.
