We don’t have enough solid studies to know if oral bio-identical hormones like estriol are safe for the heart, so doctors shouldn’t recommend them until we do.

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Is Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy Safer than Traditional Hormone Replacement Therapy?

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The study says we don’t have enough good research to know if oral bio-identical hormones like estriol are safe for the heart, so we shouldn’t recommend them until we do — which is exactly what the claim says.

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Is Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy Safer than Traditional Hormone Replacement Therapy?

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DOI: 10.2165/00024677-200605060-00005

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Estriol is a hormone used in some types of hormone therapy, and doctors give it in much bigger doses than in regular hormone treatments—but we don’t really know how it affects heart health, and it seems to act differently in different people.

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Some women take a type of hormone therapy called BHRT with a lot more estriol than usual—this might be just as risky for the heart as regular hormone therapy, but we just don’t have enough proof yet to say for sure.

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