Hormonal Replacement Therapy

Video Transcript

"HRT can be taken in many ways. It comes in many forms, in a pill, you can take it in a pill form, there are creams, there are patches. So, it's up to you, which is the most convenient for you, and the kind of preferred method to take HRT. Now, as I said, there are benefits for taking this treatment option and then there are also risks. And, some of the risks is that if you're taking specifically a continuous schedule, that means you are always on estrogen, you're going to be at a risk of increasing the risk of getting certain cancers, like endometrial cancer, because you're under the condition called anapost estrogen effect. Another natural herbal compounds if you take, that's why we always recommend that you don't take herbal compounds or remedies until you consult your doctor. When you go through menopause, is that certain compounds like Ginseng and yam has this anapost estrogen effect in it. So, you need to be very careful about that and always consult a medical professional before you do that. So, these are some of the information that you should actually be familiar with before you decide to take HRT or hormonal replacement therapy. When you actually go and see a doctor you can talk about it, in detail with him."