Hormone Replacement Therapy Explained

5. Complications

Hormone replacement therapy was once considered a miracle treatment when it was first developed in 2002. Over time, several studies challenged the long-term health of women who were given the therapy, including one study that linked hormone replacement therapy to an increased risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and other conditions. Because of these studies, guidelines changed, and doctors were told only to prescribe hormone replacement therapy under certain circumstances. As a result, an estimated fifty thousand women suffered premature deaths because estrogen-only therapy was withheld from them.