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Updated Date: Nov 21, 2011 EST (Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST))
The Estrogen Epic Continues
When menopause symptoms strike, what is a woman to do?
“Everyone should take estrogen!” “No one should take estrogen!”
Charles Hammond, MD, chair emeritus of Duke’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, says that in the course of his career, he’s seen the medical opinion on estrogen replacement swing from one extreme to the other, and back again -- at least twice. And frankly, he doesn’t expect the debate to end anytime soon.
That doesn’t do much to comfort women who are facing menopause and its often life-altering, sometimes debilitating symptoms.
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