There are a lot of woman out there that are choosing not to take HRT. This is out of choice because they fortunately have the choice. Sadly there are some that can’t take HRT due to certain health issues.
For those of you that can. Please weigh up the pro’s. Most of us have taken the pill in our lifetime in order to either help with heavy periods or to use as contraception. The contraceptive pill comes with low risks just like may other types of medication. HRT offers so many benefits and outweighs the risks for some, because of the better quality of life it gives us. Those awful symptoms of Peri/Menopause can for some have such an impact on your life that once you have started to top up your hormones that you have lost with body identical HRT it really is a game changer.
I have recently found out by the fabulous Kate Muir, writer and producer of the Channel 4 documentary Davina McCall Sex Myths and menopause and sex mind and the menopause that 1 in 2 woman get osteoporosis and 1 in 5 get Alzheimers. HRT protects a woman from both of these so imagine if HRT was accessible and was explained to all woman that HRT is a benefit. Woman just need the knowledge and support from their doctor. It would save the NHS thousands of ££££’s because the cost of HRT for a woman is £120 per year for oestrogen and progesterone. This on the other hand would be far more cost effective when you think. of the amount of visits to GPs, hospital visits and medication for osteoporosis and Alzheimers. She also tells us that there are 2 million woman in the UK with osteoporosis and around 350,000 arrive in hospital with fragility fractures every year costing the NHS around £3 billion
Mental ill health costs the NHS £94 billion a year, cardiovascular disease £19 billion, diabetes £6billion and dementia £26 billion all of which HRT can help protect us from. This could reduce those bills to the NHS.
