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Jeffrey Dach, M.D. NewsLetter
August 1, 2010
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Bioidentical Hormones and Medical GhostWriting
Why is My Doctor Opposed to Bioidentical Hormones?
Linda is 53, and suffering from menopausal symptoms of hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia and mood disturbance. While at the hair salon, a friend told her she needed hormone therapy, so she went on the internet to read up on it. Linda learned synthetic hormones are unsafe, causing breast cancer and heart disease. She cheerfully made an appointment to see her OB Gyne doctor thinking he would gladly prescribe bioidentical hormones. To her dismay, Linda's doctor was not at all pleased when she raised the topic. Her doctor scowled and said, "those aren't any good", and besides, "there is no evidence that bioidentical hormones are any safer than synthetics". Linda ran out the door crying all the way home. A few days later, Linda was sitting in my office asking, "Why is my doctor opposed to bioidentical hormones?"
I explained to Linda that her doctor reads medical journals containing ghost written articles from the synthetic hormone industry, Wyeth and Pfizer. Ghost written means the real author is hidden, without a disclosure that the real author is a ghost writer hired by the pharmaceutical company. The invited "author" is usually an academic professor in a university medical center serving as opinion leader who lends his name for the article.
8,000 women have filed a court case against Wyeth-Pfizer, claiming the synthetic hormone pill, Prempro, caused breast cancer. During the discovery process, internal company documents were made public revealing the extent of the medical ghost writing. About 44 articles in the women's health medical literature are ghost written by Wyeth in a marketing program to convince doctors to prescribe their synthetic hormones, and not to prescribe bioidenticals....
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Ten Bioidentical Hormone Fallacies
A recent article on hormones for menopause caught my attention. I was puzzled by the fact that the author, Staness Jonekos, has no medical credentials. She is an actress who chronicled her menopause experience with a book entitled, Menopause Makeover. She joined up with Wendy Klein MD, an academic physician who advocates synthetic, chemically altered hormones (progestins), and SSRI antidepressants for menopausal symptoms. The latest article by the two women, "10 Hormone Therapy Facts ", on Huffington Post, is a compilation of nonsense, falsehoods, and half truths, with a hidden agenda promoting the synthetic hormone industry.
Their article tries to confuse the difference between bioidentical hormones and synthetic, chemically altered hormones made by the pharmaceutical industry. Do not be confused, they are very different. Synthetic hormones are chemically altered monsters that cause cancer and heart disease. Bioidentical hormones are identical to hormones found naturally in the human body, the safe and effective choice.
Let's go through their article in detail....
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