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Bio identical or synthetic hrt best ?

3 replies

Shellady · 01/07/2021 09:10

I am wanting to start hrt The information is overwhelming . I read a lot listened a few podcasts and talks saying bio is best so decided that was my best option but …….:
then I read warnings that the medical association is warning against using bio identical hrt .
I’m now totally confused again
Does anyone have any advice to offer

OP posts:
JinglingHellsBells · 01/07/2021 19:44

Body identical is what's available on the NHS and is safe.

Bio-identical now means 'compounded' made in a lab for just you.
It's not regulated and the quality control can be uncertain.

This explains it clearly.

thebms.org.uk/publications/consensus-statements/bioidentical-hrt/

Shellady · 02/07/2021 02:50

Thanks Jingling , I’m not in the UK and apparently where I am dr prescribe only synthetic and I would need to go to a specially trained dr to get the bio .
This is why the warnings took me aback

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ingeborg3 · 03/07/2021 05:12

I have the same issue. I would like to try bio, as it seems to me, after all the pros and cons that I have read, to be better for me, especially in the long run. I plan to start in two weeks.

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