Topic: Article re: HRT, Breast Cancer & Wyeth
- Posted on: Oct 25, 2009 05:51 pm
Posts: 162
Just read this article in Philadelphia Magazine. Thought it was interesting:
http://www.phillymag.com/articles/health_did_wyeth_give_this_woman_cancer/page1
Diagnosis: 3/2007, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 3/7 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2+
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Pill Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 190 |
Oct 26, 2009 08:29 am
Pill wrote:
It makes me sad to read stories like these. These stories are more and more common and it undermines our ability to trust anything that is prescribed to us! If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily - Chinese Proverb
Diagnosis: 3/2009, IDC, 4cm, Stage IIIb, 8/9 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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HopingforaC… Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 162 |
Oct 27, 2009 08:23 pm
HopingforaCure wrote:
I agree with your comment, Pill. Very sad. Diagnosis: 3/2007, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 3/7 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2+ |
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cp418 Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2,456 |
Oct 29, 2009 04:08 pm, edited Oct 29, 2009 04:09 PM
by cp418
cp418 wrote:
Premarin and Prempro from Wyeth are HRT drugs developed by extracting hormones from pregnant mares whose foals were then taken (so the mares could be rebred) and sent to the slaughter houses in Canada. The foals are referred to as PMU foals and the farms were located in Canada and some in NW states. The farmers were paid to breed these horses (usually draft crosses) - bigger horse means more urine output. They basically were a cash crop for hormone urine collection and the mares were kept tied in standing stalls with urine collection bags attached at all times. This is another ugly dark side to the pharma industry. The exploitation of animals and then discarding of them to slaughter. This was a whole money making infrastructure right down to the farming level.  "Don't let fear of tomorrow rob you of the joy of today."
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enjoyful Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 59 |
Oct 30, 2009 07:49 am
enjoyful wrote:
I wonder why no one's found a link between birth control pills and breast cancer. HRT drugs are the same as birth control pills, only HRT is given in a lower dosage. Doesn't it make sense that birth control pills could cause breast cancer? E |
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cp418 Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2,456 |
Oct 30, 2009 09:18 pm
cp418 wrote:
enjoyful - I agree totally about OC like HRT causing breast cancer in women who already have hormone imbalances and issues. This is why IMO some women who took these medications get BC and others do not. Doctors never monitor our hormone levels - - simply pass out prescriptions for these drugs. But that is another one of my rants...... "Don't let fear of tomorrow rob you of the joy of today."
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enjoyful Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 59 |
Oct 30, 2009 09:42 pm
enjoyful wrote:
That's a good point, CP418! |
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London-Virg… Joined: May 2009 Posts: 827 |
Oct 31, 2009 12:12 pm
London-Virginia wrote:
I have in the past wondered if some doctors have actually heard of hormones............... Virginia.
Diagnosis: 5/9/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIb, Grade 3, 1/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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cp418 Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2,456 |
Nov 2, 2009 07:19 pm
cp418 wrote:
Virginia - I hear you! Frankly I think the area of Endocrinology is so complex, that the average Ob/Gyn or GP is clueless. Yet they are the doctors we see and give us these medication prescriptions! Bang head on wall..... http://www.ehow.com/about_5417812_endocrinology-definition.html "Don't let fear of tomorrow rob you of the joy of today."
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