Hormone Replacement Therapy for Preventing Osteoporosis

Follow the links below to find information on using hormone replacment therapy to prevent osteoporosis.

 

Created September 2007

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Title:   Your questions answered
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Questions and answers about menopause
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Osteoporosis prevention
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   There are several steps you can take to help prevent osteoporosis.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Osteoporosis treatment options
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The following tips and treatments may help if you have osteoporosis.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Alternatives to HRT
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Many women reaching menopause are unsure about whether or not to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This factsheet aims to provide women with information about possible alternatives to taking HRT, including lifestyle changes like nutrition, exercise and stress management as well as the use of phytoestrogens, natural progesterone, wild yam creams, herbal medicine, counselling and support.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Menopause and osteoporosis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Postmenopausal women are prone to developing osteoporosis, a condition characterised by weakened bones that fracture easily. To help reduce the risk, eat a diet rich in calcium and exercise regularly. Treatments include bisphosphonates, selective oestrogen receptor modulators, hormone therapy (hormone replacement therapy), vitamin D, calcium, strontium ranelate and other medications.
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Osteoporosis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Osteoporosis occurs when bones lose their strength and density, become fragile and fracture (break) more easily because of calcium loss. This disease particularly affects women in their middle and later years. It is different from osteoarthritis, which affects joint surfaces.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Menopause: what you can expect
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Each woman will experience menopause differently and there is no one treatment that will suit everyone.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Early menopause
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Menopause occurring before the age of 45 years is regarded as premature (early onset) menopause.
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   New drugs - Teriparatide
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Some of the views expressed in the following notes on newly approved products should be regarded as tentative, as there may have been little experience in Australia of their safety or efficacy.
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Osteoporosis treatment
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   If you have osteoporosis, your treatment will depend on your individual circumstances, including how severe your condition is.
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Long-term hormone replacement therapy
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The risks and benefits of taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for more than five years are uncertain. There are no large long-term randomised placebo-controlled trials to guide the duration of therapy.
Date:   Jan 2000
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