How Does One Go About Safely Stopping HRT?

Stopping HRT is what many women want to do following the results found in the Women's Health Initiative study on synthetic HRT risks. Many women - and doctors - are looking for safer HRT alternatives. Where do you find natural alternatives to synthetic HRT to be able to go about safely stopping HRT?

Author and Harvard-trained family physician Dr. John R. Lee describes and explains well his approach to stopping hormone replacement therapy as well as natural alternatives to synthetic HRT drugs.

If you're on one of the "progestins" like Provera, Dr. Lee recommends stopping HRT by replacing the synthetic progestin with natural progesterone supplementation.

However, if you're on a synthetic estrogen like Premarin, Dr. Lee recommends that you slowly reduce the dosage while at the same time you begin natural progesterone supplementation. Dr. Lee's experience was that, more often than not, estrogen supplementation was not even needed by women using natural progesterone supplementation.

Once you understand premenopause, menopause, menopause symptoms and NATURAL hormone replacement therapy, you will be able to discuss these subjects and stopping HRT with your doctor, or you can consider doing this by yourself.

Estrogen and progesterone are two hormones produced by the body. Both are produced in the ovaries, but the production of progesterone declines effectively to zero as ovulation ceases at menopause.

Estrogen declines only 40% to 60% at menopause. Progesterone has a balancing effect on estrogen. If you would like to read more about how progesterone balances estrogen, go to the section titled hormone imbalance for more information.

You could make a present of Dr. Lee's book to your doctor, pointing out that the "natural" path is far less damaging and risky than the one you may be on right now. Hormone imbalance causes premenopause and menopause symptoms. What you need is the proper balance for both hormones - natural estrogen and natural progesterone.

And that usually means you need to start first with natural progesterone supplementation because it is progesterone levels that go down first in the female body.

For safely stopping HRT...

Your individual symptoms tell you what you should be doing. And by taking this "Hormone Profile" test, you can learn more about what YOUR symptoms mean. If you choose stopping HRT by yourself, make sure you follow the advice of Dr. Lee and "wean" yourself off of the estrogen over 60-90 days or so.

Learn as much as you can about balancing your hormones naturally! Read about the womens clinic and taking their online health test.

Learn about natural progesterone cream supplementation here.

But maybe you can't persuade your doctor that stopping HRT and "natural" is better.

Then - get a second opinion - and soon! There are many doctors who will help you with stopping HRT, and will do it safely. And their training is likely just as good as the training of the doctor you have now!

When do you need natural estrogen?

If you are taking natural estrogen, you must take progesterone for balance. This means that you should always use estrogen WITH progesterone to keep your hormones balanced. Progesterone neutralizes the dangers of excess estrogen.

There are synthetic estrogen drugs, but they come with health risks and unwanted side effects. Instead, use safe natural estrogen products if you need supplemental estrogen. Review more information on natural estrogen sources.

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