Why Are Women Not Being Offered Natural Alternatives to HRT?
A recent survey revealed that 80% of menopausal women in the UK are not being offered alternatives to HRT. Frankly, I am more surprised that the inference is that 20% are being offered alternatives. It seems that just under half of all women in the UK who went to the doctor with symptoms of menopause were prescribed HRT and that certainly confirms my own observation that you are as likely to be offered HRT as not, whatever your symptoms. At that first consultation, nearly 60% of women felt that they were not given enough information on how to cope with the menopause or advice on any alternative treatment. It is over ten years since I set up the first Natural Progesterone Information Service and it is daunting to realise how little things have changed. What many doctors do not seem to have really taken on board yet is a that staggering 50% of women who are prescribed HRT will abandon it because of fears of its health issues, particularly to an increased risk of breast cancer. The genera
