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Premarin: Women
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Editor Comment: There are many lawsuits that have gone forward on behalf of women who have suffered serious health problems due to their use of Premarin and/or PremPro. Below are several websites located on one of the many search engines re: Premarin/PremPro class action lawsuits. Just type in Premarin+class action or PremPro+class action and you will be able to pull up many law firms that are fighting to get long over due justice for women. Yahoo appears to have the most websites with class action lawsuits against Premarin/PremPro
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Premarin is the top selling pharmaceutical drug in the United States. It is a billion dollar drug which profits are likely to rise with the increasing age of baby boomer women moving through menopause - unless those women put a stop to it. You see, Premarin is an estrogen substitute. Natural alternatives exist, but women don't know and don't ask for them. They blindly follow the prescriptions their doctors give them. This really should stop. Doctors need to be educated and women need to be informed.
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Premarin is a mixture of estrogen hormones used to treat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, and vaginal dryness, burning, and irritation. Other uses include prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, and replacement of estrogen in women with ovarian failure or other conditions that cause a lack of natural estrogen in the body. Premarin is sometimes used as part of cancer treatment in women and men.
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Premarin has become the drug of choice for hormone replacement therapy in the '90s. Some estimates claim that close to nine million women are currently taking Premarin (about a third of the thirty million plus post menopausal women in the United States are on estrogen replacement therapy, and of them, about 80% use Premarin). Wyeth's revenues from Premarin are currently $1billion a year and rising.
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Estrogens such as Premarin can cause hypercalcemia, a severe increase of calcium levels in the blood. Women with breast or bone cancer are especially at risk and should stop taking Premarin immediately if they develop hypercalcemia. In addition, women with the opposite problem--hypocalcemia, or a severe decrease of calcium in the blood--should use Premarin with caution.
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Premarin is a female hormone and is usually given to women who do not produce the proper amount. Premarin is used to reduce menopause symptoms (such as vaginal dryness). Premarin may ... be used to treat other conditions as determined by your doctor.
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