Women who are going through or have passed menopause and are taking a specific type of hormone pill called conjugated equine estrogen are 65% more likely to have their first blood clot in a vein than women who aren’t taking any hormones.

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Esterified estrogens and conjugated equine estrogens and the risk of venous thrombosis.

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2004 Oct 6

This study found that women taking conjugated equine estrogen (a type of hormone therapy) were 65% more likely to get a dangerous blood clot than women not taking it — exactly what the claim says.

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Esterified estrogens and conjugated equine estrogens and the risk of venous thrombosis.

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.13.1581

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Women who take higher doses of this hormone medicine called conjugated equine estrogen are more likely to develop blood clots in their veins.

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Women who take a type of hormone therapy called conjugated equine estrogen are 78% more likely to develop blood clots in their veins than women who take a different type called esterified estrogen.

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Taking Premarin for hormone therapy might make you more likely to get dangerous blood clots than taking a different type of estrogen called bio-identical estradiol.

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Women who are going through or have passed menopause and are taking a specific type of hormone pill called esterified estrogen aren’t more likely to get a dangerous blood clot for the first time than women who aren’t taking any hormones.

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Some women take hormones to manage menopause symptoms, and this claim says that a type of estrogen made to match the body’s own (bio-identical estradiol) is safer for blood clots than a different type made from horse urine (conjugated equine estrogens).

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