General Discussion

and particularly QUALITY-of-.life-saving, health-saving medications and treatments for an entire generation.

The WHI (Women’s Health Initiative) study erroneously drew the conclusion that women who sought to treat menopause, save their sex lives, their bones, their joints, their hearts and their brains from the ravages of estrogen starvation were surely giving themselves cancer. Consequently, hormone replacement therapy all but dissapeared as an option for women in this phase of life. We were told to suck it up and suffer. Lie back, look at the ceiling and use more lube. Take antidepressants. Take a spin class. Take osteoporosis drugs that actually cause osteonecrosis of the jaw and femoral fractures.

Now they will be removing the black box warning that caused us to raise a generation of doctors that made women feel like shit for wanting to use this medication. Huge numbers refused to prescribe it at all Most of them would only “allow” you to use the tiniest doses possible, for the shortest amount of time possible and would constantly badger you to stop using it. Women are now terrified of it.

It was insane, and i hope this is the beginning of the end of it. The WHI did real harm to millions upon millions of women. It’s long past time for it to be disgraced