Posted on 06/14/2009 6:24:07 PM PDT by greatdefender
The American Medical Association is taking on a segment of the $50 billion "anti-aging" industry that promotes the use of hormones as a treatment for consumers to slow or reverse the aging process. In a report presented Sunday in Chicago to a committee of the AMA's 543-member policymaking House of Delegates, the AMA Council on Science and Public Health calls into question claims made by for-profit Web sites, anti-aging clinics and other businesses promoting hormones as anti-aging treatments. "Despite the widespread promotion of hormones as anti-aging agents by for-profit Web sites, anti-aging clinics and compounding pharmacies, the scientific evidence to support these claims is lacking," the council said in its report. The nation's largest physicians group says it currently has no policy on anti-aging. But several specialty groups of physicians testified Sunday on the lack of scientific evidence to support anti-aging benefits. In addition, doctors worry about potential dangers of using hormones as anti-aging treatments.
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I stopped taking any hormones completely I feel better if I don’t take anything. I never had much of a problem with hot flashes, sweats and the like, the doctor put me on hormones because it was the thing to do at that time. I am 69 and I have started taking blood pressure medicine and 1/4 gr. aspirin.
That is a good way to put it, my body is very fussy. LOL!
Beats me, why don't you look it up for yourself?
I just know how the stuff is made and what it's used for. It's used in hormone replacement therapy. And in birth control pills as well. So there you go, pills, and no doubt there are creams, and trans-dermal patches as well. probably even injections too. Look it up.
Besides, it's tougher on me than it is her...
Well....smarty, maybe you should do a little research yourself.....I’ve done it. And, I know the delivery method and dose matter a whole he** of a lot....
If her symptoms are hot flashes only, I’d agree...but, if she’s having trouble MOVING her muscles, walking, and dressing herself.....it’s NOT the same. Speaking from experience.
My wife is only 50. I hope it doesn’t last till she’s 69 LoL!
She’s not overwieght or anything, but her bloodpreasure started going all wacky as well. She was sent to the hospital from her work a few times because it was so high, well into heart attack/stroke range. And she was getting severe headaches.
We don’t know if it was caused by her hormones being out of wack, probably. But she’s been on blood pressure meds ever since, which seems to have taken care of the problem.
She (and I) are also on the 80mg aspirin regiment.
ROFLOL
I’m not the one trying to be a smarty. I was just telling you what I know.
If you are already wise from experience, why bother asking?
Try explaining what YOU know instead.
Of course delivery method and dose matters. That’s something that’s tailored to meet each individuals needs. Nothing that works for one person is guarantied to work for another.
I wish! LoL!
She has her achy days as well. not to the extreme of not being able to dress her self. She'd have to want to get out of her PJ's on those days to find that out. She'll just sit around all day in her PJ's with her claws out.
I stay in my garage all day when that happens.
Sorry....you just seemed so set in your beliefs....I had to do a years worth of research....premarin and many hormones are given in PILLS.....they go thru the LIVER....which doesn’t make sense....that’s not where they are needed, and hormones do not NATURALLY go through our livers, other than the ones the LIVER needs. Also, with Premarin...a SURGE of hormone happens in the hour or two after the pill which is probably the cause of many of the problems that come with it. Bio-id creams compounded for the individual are put on the labia and do not go through the liver, but go directly (or as closely as possible) to the sexual organs needing those hormones....over a much slower time frame.
Balance of hormones is important too....you can’t just take some estrogen.....you need to test DHEA, Pregnenelone, Testosterone, Progesterone, and Estrogen.
Here’s an interesting article from my doctor, Dr. Jonathan Wright....http://www.tahoma-clinic.com/hotflashes.shtml
But, that article BARELY touches the research he’s done. Hope that helps. I, as you can tell, am passionate about this...having dealt with many ignorant doctors.
AAAGGGGHHHHHHH....your wife needs her life back....THAT is NOT normal...no matter what age.
I thought I'd let you know that you were addressing this comment to yourself.
HA...just a public warning...LOL.
Please just speak for yourself!
I total disagree with you. It is a pleasure to see my 90-year "young" mother-in-law looks like she is just 75!!
You see there is a natural way to wake up your pituitary gland and start produce hormones again!!!
I am being driven crazy after being taken off hormones. So I guess it affect people differently. Didn’t need hormones for eleven years after my first cancer.
I believe age has a lot to do with it. The more you age; the more likely you are to encounter a disease. My 19 year old cat just passed due to a nose tumor. They are rare in cats. Hers was discovered 2 days before she died. All of her vital organs were better than her age told. My vet said that they are seeing a lot more cancer in older patients. She also said the cancer cells can mutiply very fast.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have a friend that is 89 years old - she takes nothing except for aspirin. No other medications. She is in fine condition for her age & I think she is beautiful. She isn't fussy, she just looks like a classy elderly lady. Everything about her is natural & real & everyone that meets her says the same thing about her - that she is beautiful.
Real beauty comes from the inside. It's great if a person looks younger than their years - but who are we to say that a person that looks like they are 90 cannot be beautiful?
He told me the vet said there no more he could do and that the dog would probably die within three weeks!!
We carry a supplement "Pet Health OPC" and I rushed home to bring him a canister for 20 bucks. Since then he has reordered three times and dog is still kicking around in improvement day by day!!!
LoL! She’s getting better. She’s pretty much through that transition period.
I can believe that. I have a friend that has had cancer for more than 40 years. She’s still kicking around pretty good too.
I just heard they have a new cancer drug out for dogs; but only oncologists can have it.
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