The Oral Contraceptive & HRT in Menopause

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the need for HRT to manage symptoms associated with menopause but is this really your only option? Plus, I have heard that some Drs tell women that if they stay on the oral contraceptive pill that they will not go through menopause, this is simply not true. In this episode of the Menopause Conversations podcast I share some of the history around HRT as well as what really happens to your body when you take the OCP.

The topic of taking HRT can be a very divisive one with women sometimes being very rude to each other as they take one side or the other. This situation saddens me mainly because it is being driven by pharmaceutical companies who have a big agenda when it comes to the sale of HRT.

Prior to the controversy around HRT a few years ago, HRT was the highest sold prescription medicine in the world. Then the Women’s Health Initiative study stated that synthetic hormones increased the risk of a woman developing breast cancer. As you can imagine this put a big dent in the income of the large pharmaceutical companies, now they are back with a form of HRT which they claim is safer and there is a significant push to tell women that if they want a great quality of life in menopause the only way this can happen is if they take HRT (or MHT which it is now known as).

I share my opinion (and it is only my opinion) on the message that is being fed to women. I know that it is possible to move through the menopause transition with ease if you manage your stress, eat well and live well.

If you would like to learn how you can navigate this time of life with ease why not join the Menopause Conversations facebook group where I share lots of tips that will help you to thrive in peri-menopause and beyond. When you request to join the group and leave your email address I will send you a free Hormone Balancing Recipe book.