Menopause - Why bio-identical hormones are NOT safe for menopause treatments

Since the 2002 Women's Health Initiative study, bio-identical hormones have surged in popularity for menopause treatment. However, the FDA warned that bio-identical hormones have no safety advantage in 2008. Many menopause women are fighting with the FDA about this issue, and many doctors are waiting another big clinical trial on bio-identical hormones to buy the answer.

If we learn the very basics about hormones, we can save a lot of money and time to find the answer: bio-identical hormones are carcinogenic.

1. Hormones are the body's action messengers. Like a key and a lock, a hormone needs a hormone receptor to function. Hormone treatments flood the body with external hormones without providing hormone receptors. Excessive bio-identical hormones may bind to wrong receptors causing cancers.

2. Estrogens have effects on many organs, such as the breasts, uterus, ovaries, cervix, fallopian tubes, vagina and bones. When bio-identical estrogens are added to the body during menopause, they don't know where the target is. They shoot all targets and stimulate cancers.

3. Both synthetic and bio-identical hormones are from the natural resource. Synthetic estrogen in Premarin and Prempro is from urine of pregnant mares. Bio-identical estrogen is from plant resource, such as soy and yams. In order to be absorbed by the human body, bio-identical estrogens have to be synthesized from plants in lab. People argue that because bio-identical estrogens have the same molecular structures as body-made estrogens, they are safe. In fact, women have high levels of body-made estrogens will have high risk of breast cancer.

Since about 60% to 70% of breast cancer is hormone-sensitive, which means their growth is driven by excess amounts of estrogen. Now the pink ribbon movement is searching for a cure for breast cancer. Recently, Newsweek reported that we are losing the war on cancers. After several decade war on cancers, with a growing assortment of anticancer drugs and aggressive treatment strategies, more and more people are dying from cancers.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, menopause women deserve to know the truth about bio-identical hormones.