Help! Menopause! HRT!?

My mum is 60 years old. She began going through the Menopause when she was around 49-50yrs old. Her GP put her on HRT tablets. When she reached 60 she decided to come off HRT tablets. She is now suffering sever hot sweats amongst other symptoms. She went back to her GP who advised her to go back onto HRT. She expected that once she stopped taking HRT her body would have gone through the Menopause and the symptoms wouldn't ever re-appear! It seems this was possibly naive, and my mum is now basically starting from where she left off 10 years ago! We have heard lots of negative things about HRT and it has worried us very much! Does anyone know if our concerns our reality or if they are unfounded? Her GP said she could stay on HRT forever? My mum is tempted to go back on it but I am really worried for her health... can anyone advise? My mum is my best friend, I couldn't ever bear to be without her! Help?!

Hi, I had a full hysterectomy (ovaries as well) 18 months ago and i am on HRT, my surgeon also said that i could stay on it the rest of my life if i wanted to, anyhow back to my point your Mum has a couple of options you can either take it in tablet form or have a patch or what i am using which is having an implant every 6 months that way you don't need to worry about remembering to change the patch or take the tablet, the procedure to have the implant put in is easy to, they just give you a small injection to numb the area then insert a tube which they slide the implant down into your body then one stitch and you are done i was back at work that afternoon.
I would not be without my HRT and have not had any problems with it at all hope that is of help....
I am 37 by the way...

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My mum suffered in a similar way and also tried HRT. She now takes vitamin E (available from chemists). She still has hot flushes but they are greatly improved. Hope this helps.

She can get bio-idential hormone replacement that has no side effects and no health risks. The negative things about HTR are about the synthetic drugs, not the natural, bio-identical replacements.
Most doctors don't prescribe these because they aren't "drugs" so she might have to see a specialist and these natural hormones are only available at a compounding pharmacy.

For more info, read this:
http://www.womentowomen.com/

Its a difficult one. I am 51 and came off HRT 6 months ago and I am having problems with sweats too. Ive tried several things and the one I found most helpful is Black Cohosh from Holland and Barratt. I was tempted to go back on HRT because it puts an end to the sweats but I am going to try a little longer without it. I heard all the negative things and it worried me too thats the reason im off it. I just dont know for how long. My GP says the same its perfectly safe to stay on it forever but Im not so sure.