The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7299 p596
15 May 2004

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Women returning to HRT for symptom control

Up to a fifth of women who stopped hormone replacement therapy in the past 18 months have resumed their treatment, a survey of 400 women has revealed.

The NOP survey, conducted on behalf of Wyeth , found that nine out of 10 respondents had seen HRT-related media coverage, with most seeing negative reports. One third of the 163 respondents who decided to stop using HRT said they had done so because of these reports. However, 21 per cent of those who had stopped decided to restart treatment, with most giving effective symptom control as the reason. A similar proportion said they would not reconsider their decision to stop treatment.