Market Minds

Even though female readership on this blog is only eight percent, on behalf of that eight percent, inquiring minds find themselves pondering a rather unusual question: Is Horse Estrogen For Women A Good Idea? What brings this question to light of day is the marketing efforts of Wyeth (now owned by Pfizer via a merger this year), to promote hormonal treatments Prempro, a combination of aptly named Premarin , an estrogen drug produced from the urine of pregnant mares, and an additional hormone, progestin. As one might suspect simply from the sound of it, various complications, problems, and lawsuits have arisen. With that introduction, please consider the New York Times article Menopause, as Brought to You by Big Pharma . MILLIONS of American women in the 1990s were told they could help their bodies ward off major illness by taking menopausal hormone drugs. Some medical associations said so. Many gynecologists and physicians said so. Respected medical journals said so, too. Along the way, television commercials positioned hormone drugs as treatments for more than hot flashes and night sweats — just two of the better-known symptoms of menopause.

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Is Horse Estrogen For Women A Good Idea?