Many U.S. women use custom-compounded hormones for menopause

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Many U.S. women use custom-compounded hormones for menopause

By Megan Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An estimated 1.4 million U.S. women take custom-compounded bioidentical hormone therapy (CBHT) for menopausal symptoms, and most are unaware that these drugs are not FDA-approved, according to late-breaking research presented this week at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) annual meeting. This ?important knowledge gap? represents a substantial educational opportunity for clinicians who ?play a significant role? in guiding women?s choice of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), the investigators say in a meeting abstract. ...

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