Bio-Identical Hormones (BHRT) talk on Oprah Winfrey conyinues

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Oprah Winfrey Continues BHRT Discussion

 

Dear Arnold,

Yesterday, Jan. 29, dozens of women joined in the audience and on webcams

for part two of the BHRT debate on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.†Suzanne

Somers,

a long-time advocate for bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT),

shared her story with the “Oprah†audience.

Robin McGraw, Dr. Phil’s wife and a BHRT patient, and Dr. Christiane

Northrup, renowned author and speaker, started the conversation a couple weeks

ago

when they joined Oprah to talk about BHRT. Women across the country wrote in

to “The Oprah Show†wanting more information on how to take control of

their

menopause symptoms.

Somers shared her experience being treated by her physician with BHRT to

alleviate her menopause symptoms. She also demonstrated her daily regimen of

compounded medications and dietary supplements. " By replacing my hormones with

bioidentical hormones, I got my life back. I got my health back, I got my

figure back, I got my happiness back, " Somers said.

Oprah stressed that women “have the right to demand a better quality of

lifeâ€

and they should all do their research.

However, positive praise of BHRT was also met with harsh criticism when Dr.

Lauren Streicher, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at

Northwestern University and a practicing ob-gyn at Chicago's Northwestern

Memorial Hospital, expressed her dislike for compounding pharmacies.

To be certain, Dr. Streicher’s commentary was the most grievous offense

contained in the episode on compounding pharmacies. She misstated facts and

presented a distorted picture of pharmacy compounding and how the profession is

regulated. Today IACP sent a formal letter to the producers of “The Oprah

Show

†to dispel the untruths presented by Dr. Streicher.

Hoping to clear up the confusion about compounding pharmacies, Dr. Mehmet Oz

visited Central Pharmacy in Santa Monica, Calif., where he interviewed

Sharon Steen, owner of the compounding pharmacy. Steen estimated that 90

percent

of the medications her pharmacy compounds are BHRT. A pharmacist and

technician demonstrated how a hormone cream is prepared.

At the end of the show, a taped segment featured a woman who shared her

struggles with menopause on part one of the BHRT debate that aired Jan. 15.

Robin

McGraw escorted the woman to have her hormone levels checked. It was

determine that she needed BHRT, and only nine days later she was noticing the

difference. " The side effect from the bioidentical hormones is a big dose of

joy.

It's fantastic,†she told Oprah via webcam.

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IACP Responds to Oprah

Today, the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) responded

to “The Oprah Winfrey Show†with a formal letter correcting the

misstatements made by Dr. Lauren Streicher on the show.

_Click here to read IACP’s letter to Oprah Winfrey and her show producers_

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We will keep you updated on further developments.

Sincerely,

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