Others may have heard of possible links with breast cancer and other types of cancer, and prefer to deal with symptoms and risks with alternative therapies. Whatever your feelings about HRT, it's important to remain open-minded. For example, if you elect not to use it in your early perimenopausal days, that doesn't mean you can't choose to later on. Similarly, if you start using it when you enter perimenopause, that doesn't commit you to using it indefinitely. The length of time you will take HRT will depend on why you're using it.
Women using it to control symptoms generally take hormones for less than five years.
Women using HRT to prevent long-term problems, such as osteoporosis, usually need HRT for considerably longer. All Rights Reserved. Inc. All rights reserved.