Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 [Paperback]

John Morgenthaler (Author), Jonathan V. Wright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1997

A book showing that natural hormone replacement offers a safe and effective alternative for the treatment of menopause.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 shows how natural hormone replacement offers a safe and effective alternative for the treatment of menopause. Conventional hormone replacement treatment as prescribed by most medical doctors in the United States, relies on unnatural versions of the hormones progesterone and estrogen that are dangerous and completely foreign to a woman's body. Risky and unpleasant, conventional hormone replacement treatment has long been women's only choice because of the influence of the drug companies. Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 provides compelling evidence that natural hormone replacement provides all the benefits of conventional treatment, but with drastically reduced risks of unwanted side effects and cancer. Readers of Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 will learn how to end hot flashes and other discomforts of menopause; cut the risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, and cancer; extend their youthful years; invigorate their sex life; decrease the risk of Alzheimer's disease and senility; locate a pharmacy that prepares natural hormones; and find a physician who prescribes them. Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 is must reading for all women facing menopause and the infirmities of the aging process. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Smart Publications; 1st edition (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962741809
• ISBN-13: 978-0962741807
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Personal Health > Women's Health > Menopause

More About the Author

Dr. Wright is a pioneer in natural therapies for health conditions and an expert in the use of bioidentical hormone replacement for men and women. He has authored or co-authored 14 books, writes a monthly newsletter, and speaks at conferences both nationally and internationally on nutritional therapies and the use of natural substances. Dr. Wright is the Medical Director of Tahoma Clinic & Dispensary and Meridian Valley Laboratory in Renton, Washington.

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131 of 131 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what every woman should know, March 27, 2001

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This review is from: Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 (Paperback)

As a practicing pharmacist, it upsets me that such basic knowledge of hormones was not taught in school. Doctors aren't even taught some of the basic information Dr. Wright discusses in this book. I wish all women would read this book and I wish all doctors would open their minds to the information presented in it. For all the thousands of women I know to be using natural hormone replacement therapy, I don't know a single "unhappy customer".

148 of 151 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read for All Women Over 40, January 13, 2001

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This review is from: Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 (Paperback)

Like many women, I thought the only way to deal with perimenopause and menopause was with Premarin [made with pregnant horse estrogen, Yuck] and other hormones pushed by large pharmecuetical companies. This book was a real eye opener for me. It explains how the estrogens naturally found in a woman's body can't be patented, because they are just natural bodily hormones. Therefore, the drug giants who court all the doctors have no financial incentive to tout naturally occurring hormones. Instead, they push the horse estrogens, and other unnatural products, which cause side effects.

This book explains how a woman with a good doctor can get a pharmacy to mix a custom-blended natural hormone replacement with few, if any, side effects, because it's what's in your body already.

I took this book to my doctor who said of course he'd be happy to prescribe natural hormones as suggested in the book. Had I not brought it up, I, too would have been prescribed that horrible Premarin or Prempro, made from the urine of pregnant [and abused] mares.

I've spoken with other women over 45-50 who take the horse estrogen, Premarin [the name comes from PREgnant MARe's urINe], and they were shocked that there was an alternative their doctors had never bothered mentioning.

Anyone interested in natural health should buy this must-read, and then discuss with your doctor.

90 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally restored my life and health, December 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 (Paperback)

I had a hysterectomy 5 years ago and have been very sick ever since but was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Depression and Panic Disorder. It started within a week of the surgery. (symptoms were mild at first but progressively got worse until I was bedridden. I have been declared disabled by a Social Security Disability judge. I have tried various conventional Estrogen Replacement Therapies but without much help . (pills, creams, shots, patches have caused all sorts of reactions - even borderline delirium and total incapacitation. A friend told me about this book and I immediately found an innovative GYN who worked with a compounding pharmacist who cautiously (with slow increases) prescribed this Natural Hormone Therapy for me via a cream since I don't absorb by mouth. Within one month, I began to notice a difference. I am now feeling wonderful for the first time in years - pre-hysterectomy normal. I am so thrilled that I am telling my story to all that will listen. I have friends that have seen such a dramatic change in me that they are buying the book and changing doctors to get off of the unnatural estrogen derived from horse urine they are on. This book is a must reading for all women and doctors who treat them. This information must get out -- had I known, perhaps my 5 year nightmare would have been avoided.