Hormone replacement pills

In women taking thyroid hormone replacement pills, the dosage must... 

Oral contraceptives have been used widely by women since the 1960s and most contraceptive pills contain various ratios of estrogenic and progestomi-metic substances. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has evolved considerably in the composition and doses utilized in the treatment of postmenopausal women, during the past four decades. While pharmaceutical compounds exhibiting estrogen mimicry are structurally diverse, they share common properties such as their retention in body fat deposits, their ability to cross the placental barrier, their transport in blood usually bound to serum proteins, and their affinity for the estrogen receptor protein. 

Those on hormone-replacement therapy or the birth-control pill should not consume chasteberry, because combination effects are unknown. But women who have difficulty achieving pr nancy due to irregular ovulation may benefit from chasteberry. Their difficulties may be due to too much prolactin and too little progesterone, both of which can be regulated with chasteberry. They must, however, discontinue the therapy as soon as diey conceive, since the effects of chasteberry compounds on the developing fetus are unknown. 

Probably the most widely used hormone preparations in the world are those used in healthy women who are not suffering from a disease. These are, of course, birth control pills, which usually contain derivatives of estrogen and progesterone. While they can be used in certain gynecologic disorders with efficacy, the vast majority of prescriptions are written to prevent pregnancy. Their development introduced a new era in society a virtually 100 percent effectiveness, replacing IUDs (intrauterine devices), condoms, creams, jellies, and diaphragms. 

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