EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — The FDA has ordered the removal of warning labels on hormone replacement therapy drugs stating that recent studies they have conducted have shown little risk to women taking these drugs to combat the side effects of menopause.
Warning labels previously stated these medications could cause cardiovascular issues for women such as heart attack, stroke, dementia, and blood clots.
However Dr. Schroder with Ascension Saint Vincent’s Women’s Hospital, says those claims came from skewed studies in the early 2000s, and says she has never shied away from prescribing these medications to her patients in the past because of the benefits she has seen them have…