I stopped hrt and feel better

Many women are not given HRT when they develop symptoms of the menopause. Reasons for this might have been because your symptoms were not too bad, or you felt that you had to simply grin and bear your menopausal symptoms.

What are the signs that you need hormone replacement therapy?

You may have had significant concerns over the safety of HRT, or other health care professionals may have advised you against it. Perhaps, years later, you are revisiting this possibility and HRT is becoming more of an attractive option for you.

There is very little evidence regarding starting HRT for older women because this research has not been undertaken.

However, most women who are otherwise fit and well do still gain benefits from taking HRT even if it has been more than 10 years since their menopause.

You may decide to start HRT now because your symptoms have worsened, or you were expecting them to have gone by now but they haven’t.

You may be concerned about the longterm risks associated with low levels of hormones that occur during the menopause in later life such as the risk of cardiovascular disease (disease of the heart and blood vessels) and osteo

how long should you remain on hrt

can hrt be taken long term