Alleviate Hot Flashes, Night Sweats, Mood Swings, Weight Gain, and Protect Against Heart disease, Stroke, Bone Fractures, and Dementia. What Should Women Do Right Now and Why?
- Mema
- Nov 15
- 7 min read
BRAND NEW FDA RELEASE! November 10, 2025!
“FDA head Explains Decision to Drop ‘Black Box’ Warnings from Menopause Hormone Treatment.”
Alleviate short term symptoms! Hot Flashes. Night Sweats. Mood Swings. Weight Gain.
Gain long term benefits. Protect against heart disease, stroke, bone fractures, and dementia. Quoted: “In one study and circulation from two years ago, a 48% decline in heart attacks that were fatal and a 30% decline in all cause mortality, also a significant reduction in the rate of bone fractures later in life and a reduced rate of cognitive decline.”
Does the FDA admit that it has failed all the women of our country for the last 20 years when it comes to hormone replacement treatment (HRT)?
Read this U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services FACT SHEET issued November 10, 2025:
“Menopausal hormone therapies, also commonly referred to as hormone replacement therapy or (HRT), are approved to provide relief from common menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes and night sweats. Women may be under-utilizing approved therapies that can alleviate menopause symptoms and improve women’s health because of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “black box” warnings about the risks associated with these drugs that the agency is removing.”
See the PBS News Hour interview transcript of Dr. Marty Markary, who said:
“Well, the fear machine that started 23 years ago with this tragic, misinterpreted study and the results has resulted in a distorted perception of risk.”
“And about 50 million women since that time have been denied, never offered or convinced out of hormone replacement therapy, including all of its short-term and long-term benefits. And some of those benefits are profound, including reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart attacks. That's the number one cause of death in women.”
“And no study subsequently has ever found, no clinical trial has ever shown that the risk of breast cancer mortality is increased with hormone replacement therapy.”
“So women deserve all the facts, and women's health issues have historically not gotten the attention they deserve.”
This post-menopausal woman has written blog posts about menopause through the years to try to offer help to younger women who needed help in the menopause journey, and it is a journey where many in the medical community ignored or minimized women’s voices for the last twenty years.
Even this very week, November 10, 2025, when the FDA admitted it should drop warnings on Hormone Replacement Treatment (HRT), I read an article dated November 11, 2025 on “Living Well,” giving what I consider awful advice on weight gain during menopause, making it seem that it is the woman’s fault if she cannot lose weight during menopause. I fortunately had an enlightened gynecologist twenty years ago who, while I was in menopause, said do not try to lose weight now and I will tell you when after blood testing periodically. See previous blog posts on menopause.
Menopause, Perimenopause, Post Menopause: Take Care of It All
It is now time for women to take control of the menopause journey “which begins for approximately 6,000 women each day, or 1.3 million women annually in the U.S.”
“Menopause is defined by 12 consecutive months without a period, but many people don’t recognize that ovarian function begins to decline long before menopause—even, in some cases, up to ten years earlier. This transition time is called perimenopause.”
“Whereas the average age of menopause in the U.S. is 52, perimenopause usually develops when a woman is in her 40s. During perimenopause, the ovaries gradually produce less estrogen and progesterone, but this decline is not steady. A perimenopausal woman’s hormones fluctuate unpredictably, making it both difficult to test for the occurrence of perimenopause and difficult to treat its possible symptoms. One day, a woman's hormones might appear completely normal on a blood test, while the next day they might show significant imbalances—creating a diagnostic challenge that standard quantitative tests can’t reliably capture. As Minkin notes, “Menopause is easy. It’s perimenopause that’s tricky.”
“Think of perimenopause as a transition phase, like puberty. We don’t go from being a prepubescent teen to a sexually mature adult overnight; our bodies and brains develop over years, guided by the fluctuation of hormones. While puberty often announces itself—even before the first period—with clear physical markers such as breast buds or the first strands of pubic hair, there are far fewer markers that we’ve learned to recognize as indications of perimenopause.“ “After Decades of Misunderstanding, Menopause is Finally Having Its Moment,“ By Kira Berman, April 14, 2025.
What should women age forty and older do right now or those who love one recommend right now?
Find a highly qualified and experienced gynecologist who believes in hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Find out if you are starting or in Perimenopause, Menopause,
Post menopausal.
Find HRT treatment appropriate to you.
Find out which HRT is covered by insurance.
Or consider my outstanding medical doctor, Dr. Edward Jacobson, who specializes in natural and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Women on hormone replacement therapy should only be taking the bioidentical form, whether topically or orally. It is important to distinguish between synthetic and bioidentical or natural estrogen. The former are synthetically derived from horse urine, (Premarin, PremPro), which are very potent and inflammatory, while the latter come from yams or soy. The body sees bioidentical estrogen (estradiol, Estrace) as ‘self’ and utilizes these non-inflammatory hormones as if they were produced naturally.
Progesterone is taken with estrogen primarily to prevent overstimulation of the uterine lining resulting in bleeding and abnormal cell development. Only the bioidentical form of progesterone should be used. Synthetic forms of progesterone (Provera, Norethindrone) are highly inflammatory and have been implicated as a cause of heart disease, MI and stroke.
Dr. Jacobson has given me permission to put his name and contact information in this blog post.
Edward Jacobson, M.D.
Certified in Advanced Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
Board-Certified Gynecologist (over 30 years of practice)
Greenwich Hormones
(203)869-8353
Telemedicine only. He Zooms internationally and all over the United States.
CAVEAT: He is licensed to practice only in: Florida, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and California.
Why should you not be concerned you are starting a “new and untested” treatment?
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is not “new or untested”. Why women have been
suffering, crying, not being able to function or sleep for the last twenty years, was based on ONE politicized study which undermined medical providers, and was refuted many times
over. Here is the history, which is long and positive, found using AI.
1940s: The FDA approved conjugated equine estrogens (CEE), leading to the development of the first HRT product, Premarin.
1950s: a major development in the1950s was the creation of the first orally, active synthetic progesterone, which could be produced in large quantities and led to the creation of more potent and easily administered hormones.
1960s-1970s: The popularity of HRT grew significantly, with a large number of women using it.
1980s: The addition of progestin to estrogen therapy was shown to protect against endometrial cancer, and the 1982 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Conference stated that estrogen was the most effective method for preventing bone loss.
1990s: Boom in use. Observational studies and a 1995 trial showing favorable effects on cholesterol levels fueled a surge in HRT use, with nearly 15 million women using it by 2001.
2002: Because of one study, Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Study (CMAJ 2002;167[3]:294) reported an increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, invasive breast cancer and venous thromboembolism, HRT should be prescribed for the shortest time possible.
January 2003: The FDA issued the “black box warning” after that study linked HRT to an increased risk of certain diseases, saying serious adverse reactions or special problems may occur, particularly those that may lead to death or serious injury.
Public panic: The results of the study and “black box warnings” received extensive media coverage, causing a sharp drop in HRT prescriptions and leading many physicians to stop prescribing it entirely.
Later re-analysis: Subsequent research and re-analysis of the WHI data highlighted flaws in the original study, particularly its population of older, postmenopausal women and the use of only one type of therapy.
Individualized care: Current medical guidance emphasizes an individualized approach, recognizing that HRT can be safe and beneficial for many women, especially those in early menopause, depending on their personal health history and risks.
November 10, 2025: The FDA announced it would remove the “black box warnings,” stating that the risk-benefit profile for many HRT products, particularly for menopausal symptoms, has been misrepresented by the original warning.
November 10, 2025 is a date women in the U.S. should note and celebrate with
Joy,
Mema
Want to know more? See this book on Amazon.
“Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve and Lengthen Women's Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer” by Avrum Bluming
Amazon notes:
REVISED and UPDATED Edition, 2024: A compelling, “fascinating” (Robert Cialdini) defense of hormone replacement therapy, exposing the faulty science behind its fall from prominence and giving women the evidence they need to make informed decisions about their health."
Estrogen Matters was my antidote to the misinformation surrounding
menopause. This book should be the bible for every single person going through menopause.”―Naomi Watts
For years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the medically approved way to alleviate menopausal symptoms (ranging from hot flushes to brain fog) and reduce the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer's, and osteoporosis. But when a large study by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) announced, with national fanfare, that women taking HRT had an
increased risk of breast cancer, women were scared off, and the treatment was abandoned.
Now, Dr. Bluming, a medical oncologist, and Dr. Tavris, a social psychologist, reveal the true story of the WHI’s efforts to distort their data to exaggerate unsupported claims of estrogen’s harms. Important updates in this edition include:
• Evidence that demolishes the WHI’s claim that HRT causes breast cancer.
• A list of the WHI’s retractions of their original scare stories.
• Updated findings on estrogen’s benefits on heart, brain, bones, and longevity.
• A critical review of the alternative products and medications being marketed to treat symptoms of menopause. A sobering and revelatory read, Estrogen Matters sets the record straight on estrogen’s benefits, providing a light to guide women through this inevitable phase of life.
