Dr Louise Newson explains Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). #4 in a series of videos with sign language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Video Transcript:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am Dr. Louise Newson. I am a GP and Menopause Expert in West Midlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HRT are just three letters: Hormone Replacement Therapy. There are different hormones that we use and there are different levels and different preparations. It is not like giving an antibiotic because someone has a chest infection when it is the same dose for the same length of time. HRT is very different and what is really important is that we tailor-make it for the patients so the levels \u2013 especially of estrogen \u2013 are varied depending on your age, depending on your symptoms \u2013 all sorts of things. The other thing is there are different preparations so it is not always an oral tablet. It can be given as a patch or a gel and certainly for people that have risks, for example, of clots, it is very safe to have it as a patch or a gel so because they don\u2019t have an increased risk of clot. Or, for example, for people who have migraine, people who are obese, people that might have had a clot in the past; in the years gone by, they would have been told they couldn\u2019t have HRT because it was only available orally. But if you have it as a patch or a gel, there is no increased risk. So that enables more women to access the treatment, which is great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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