26/10/2025
Later-Life Hormone Therapy: Separating Fact from Fiction
Later Life Hormone Therapy
Separating Fact from Fiction
There's no upper age limit for HRT when prescribed safely. If you continue to benefit and risks are minimal, you can stay on it indefinitely. Annual reviews are key to ensuring safety and ongoing benefit.
Understanding the Risks
• Transdermal estrogen patch or gel or spray with micronised progesterone has no added clotting risk.
• Oral estrogen increases VTE risk, transdermal does not.
• Breast cancer risk comes mainly from synthetic progestogens, not estrogen.
• Micronised progesterone has a lower or no significant breast cancer risk.
Bone, Heart & Longevity
• Low-dose estrogen helps maintain bone strength and reduces fracture risk.
• HRT remains first-line for preventing and treating osteoporosis in women 50 to 60, and beneficial even after 60 with individual assessment.
• With well-managed heart risk factors, CVD is not a contraindication to HRT.
No fixed time limit.
No strict age limit.
If you're thriving on HRT, you can safely continue.
care doesn't end at 60; it evolves.
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