Does hormone therapy delay menopause?
Ask the doctor
My sister鈥檚 doctor told her that using hormone therapy delays the onset of menopause. Is that true?But menopause is determined by your ovaries, not by the amount of estrogen and progesterone circulating in your body. Just as taking insulin to combat diabetes doesn鈥檛 cure diabetes, taking hormone therapy doesn鈥檛 stop or slow the approach of menopause. Regardless, your ovaries will virtually cease to produce estrogen and progesterone and no longer release eggs. This natural process will continue at its own pace despite any pharmaceutical measures.
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Toni Golen, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Women's Health Watch; Editorial Advisory Board Member, 天博体育 Publishing; Contributor
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