October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and as it draws to a close we urge women to please turn your backs on Premarin type drugs — tablets and cream — and seek another treatment for menopausal symptoms.
There are alternatives.
Work with your doctor to find something to help you other than drugs made from pregnant mare’s urine — for your sake as well as the innocent mares and their byproduct foals.
Crazily I have had doctors argue with me that the Premarin family of drugs are not made with conjugated equine estrogens derived from the urine of pregnant mare. The absence of the word “equine” on the packaging is proof enough for them.
Of course “equine” was removed some years ago. Yes, we heard about it and we know how and why. I assure them that the key component of the drugs taken from the estrogen rich urine of pregnant mares remains the same. End of discussion.
I share this with you in case you encounter this argument yourself whether it be with a physician trying to prescribe it to you or when trying to warn someone who is taking it.
THE ALTERNATIVES
Jane Allin put together a list of alternatives to drugs such as Premarin, Prempro, Duavee and Duavive (See also pdf version at the end of this post).
Duavee by the way is the name given to Aprela when it was approved by the FDA during the last federal government shutdown and is being peddled in Europe under the name Duavive.
We asked Jane to review her report on alternatives and give us any updates. This is what led to Jane’s recent post on Tuesday’s Horse regarding the helpful properties of rhubarb. See Breast cancer, menopause and yes, rhubarb.
This in turn launched me on a vegan rhubarb recipe hunt which you can find here. See No need to sweat menopause when you can chill with some rhubarb.
Other than that there are no notable changes.
Please keep reporting those Premarin television and magazine ads!
Thank you.
PDF
• Alternatives to Drugs Made with Conjugated Equine Estrogens by Jane Allin (pdf, 7 pp)
FURTHER READING
• Premstoppers Home »
• Reports Regarding Premarin Horses »
• Images of PMU Horses; Images from PMU Farm in China »
Tuesday's Horse 
I saw ADS for premerin in ” Real Simple ” & “Cooking Light ” magazines -i cancelled both & told them why, i also put comments on their Facebook pages all about it. These ads also had a number 1-800-FDA-1088 to call if u had problems taking premiering, i called the number & they sent me a form & i filled that out ,that indeed i have had a problem with it & thought it was giving me a heart attack.
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Years ago – I was prescribed Premarin – took it for several months UNTIL I realized what it came from!! Stopped it then & have been vocal about it to anyone who mentions it!
Strange that with all of the “transparency” today – that this drug company is allowed to keep equine off the packaging!
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