Word: premarin
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Cocaine Usage Study: Researchers seek healthy men ages 21-35 who have used cocaine occasionally for a two-visit research study. Subjects will be administered cocaine and either flutamide or premarin and undergo an MRI and blood sampling. $425 compensation upon completion. Taxi is provided. (617) 855-2883, (617) 855-3293. Responses are confidential...
...taking the hormone combination estrogen and progestin (Prempro)--because of an increased risk of breast cancer and heart disease. (Women with a uterus who want to try hormone therapy must take both hormones because estrogen alone increases the risk of uterine cancer.) Two years later, the estrogen-only (Premarin) part of the trial, which focused on nearly 11,000 postmenopausal women who had undergone a hysterectomy, was stopped because of a slightly greater risk of stroke--although there was no overall boost in heart disease. Preliminary evidence at the time suggested that estrogen did not increase the women's risk...
...Estrogen: Tablets (Vagifem), creams (Estrace, Premarin) and a silicone ring (FemRing) inserted into the vagina release estrogen to alleviate such symptoms of menopause as vaginal dryness...
...course, most women take estrogen (Premarin is the most popular brand) for just a few years through menopause. Nothing in the latest studies suggests that they should stop. The dilemma is over long-term use, which has been proved to prevent osteoporosis, and does wonders for skin tone as well. Unfortunately, over the years, hormone-replacement therapy increases the risk of breast cancer. Many doctors and patients have been willing to take that risk because it seemed there were substantial benefits to the heart...