Interesting feature on HRT, risks, using after BC etc

[JinglingHellsBells]

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6868315/Why-Kirsty-Lang-going-HRT-despite-risk-breast-cancer-returning.html

Before anyone comes along and 'accuses' me of saying HRT is a 'miracle cure', let me just say this is for information- make up your own mind.
As a health writer myself, and able to sort the good from the bad, I think this is a balanced feature. Yes it's the DM but there are also quotes in it by consultants/ experts.
Happy reading! :)

I have read the article Jingle and feel even more cross.
There are benefits of taking, it isn't just about risk!
I feel hard done by; having to spend money on a private specialist, when there are umpteen varieties on the NHS!

Jingle, NICE - who writes those guidelines? Based on what evidence? i want to write to them next. How dare they decide how my menopause is treated. My meno, my body, my decision?

I understand your anger!

The NICE guidelines are not meant to take the place of consultants who make individual decisions. The article does say clearly that there is no black and white and there is conflicting evidence.

There are actually a couple of errors in the sidebars (written I think by Dr Ellie - no idea who she is.)

The feature has not been proof read by a menopause expert in my opinion.

1 Transdermal estrogen is NOT safer re cancer- there is NO evidence saying that at all. It is safer re blood clots.

2 There is no distinction in some of the 'advice' between progestogen and progesterone. Progesterone is ONE type of progestogen. They are not the same . Progestogens is an umbrella term and can include progesterone as well as all the synthetic progestogens.

The NICE guidelines are written by a panel of experts after years of consultation. I think the 2015 guide was 3 years in preparation. If you read the guidelines you can find the lists of experts consulted and the research papers referred to.