The checkered history of Pfizer’s Premarin family of drugs

The drugs The name Premarin® spells out in its name what it is made from — PREgant MAres uRINe. Pfizer's Premarin® family of hormone replacement therapy drugs of today includes not only Premarin®, but also similarly manufactured pharmaceuticals — marketed at various times — under the names Prempro®, Premphase®, Provera® and later Aprela® (originally called…

Turn your back on Premarin type drugs and seek alternatives for symptoms of menopause

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…

No need to sweat menopause when you can chill with some rhubarb

Updated 10/29 8:14 pm est. This menopause and rhubarb post by Jane Allin is hitting it big in the Twittersphere. This is important. The more women who know about the natural healing properties of a plant based diet the fewer women who will be stuffing their bodies full of carcinogenic horse pee drugs such as…

Breast cancer, menopause and yes, rhubarb

by JANE ALLIN October is National Breast Cancer Month. What better opportunity to remind women of the dangers posed by the use of HRT and the inherent cruelty foisted upon the innocent mares and their foals by the PMU industry? Despite advances in medical technology over the years, Pfizer continues to promote their conjugated equine…

Side effects of raising awareness about the Premarin family of drugs and PMU horses

There have been significant side effects to the work we are doing on behalf of the horses affected by the making of the Premarin family of drugs -- Premarin (cream and tablet), Prempro, Premphase and Duavee. BILLBOARD Remember our billboard campaign? It's a simple one. It says, “Warning: Premarin Contains Horse Urine”. We placed these…

Help get horse pee ads off the air and out of magazines

Ridiculous. Menopause is not a disease. It is a natural change in hormones that takes place when women begin to move past their childbearing years. Hot flashes may occur and make you uncomfortable during that time. Last I heard hot flashes caused by menopause most likely will never kill you. Last class action lawsuit I…

Change.org petition asks Pfizer to develop drugs without the horse urine

A very special Petition is taking off at Change.org and we are asking you right now to sign it. The Petition entitled Take horse urine out of hormone medication states: "The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer makes about a $1 billion a year by abusing pregnant horses for their urine. Conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) is used in…

PMU Mares and Foals – Revenue Tools at the Mercy of Big Pharma

by JANE ALLIN While it may seem that reports on the operations of Pfizer and their misguided, yet continued, use of conjugated equine estrogens to counteract the effects of menopause and osteoporosis has little to do with the plight of the horses at the center of this industry, this is furthest from the truth. Each…

Pfizer continues to promote conjugated equine estrogen drugs based on flawed, antiquated science

by JANE ALLIN Image: Allposters.com Science has given us medical miracles and technology is light years ahead of what existed when the FDA approved Wyeth’s patent for Premarin, formulated from the urine of pregnant mares, in 1942. In reflecting back on the years since that fateful event, cutting-edge technology and drug innovations have been pivotal…

Put your thinking cap on and help us help PMU horses

Combating horse cruelty is a full-time job. However, there is an issue that has a challenge not often faced. This issue is the mares used and byproducts foals cast off to make the Premarin family of drugs, which now includes Duavee in North America and Duavive in Europe. The challenge is — we can no…