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It
has been reported that the manufacturer of Pempro, Wyeth, had
approached the FDA asking that the label of their hormone
replacement pharmaceutical include that their drug protects the
patient from heart disease.
However,
according to a study by the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute (NHLBI) this claim is not accurate. The director
of NHLBI, Claude Lenfant, M.D., talks about the ill effects of
Prempro:
"We
have long sought the answer to the question: Does
postmenopausal hormone therapy prevent heart disease and, if
it does, what are the risks? The bottom-line answer from WHI
is that this combined form of hormone therapy is unlikely to
benefit the heart. The cardiovascular and cancer risks
of estrogen plus progestin outweigh any benefits -- and a 26
percent increase in breast cancer risk is too high a price to
pay, even if there were a heart benefit."
Below is a list
of attorneys that specialize in Prempro Lawsuits and other
medical litigation.
Reich
& Binstock, Attorneys at Law
4265
San Felipe
Suite
1000
Houston, Texas 77027
Phone:
713-622-7271
Facsimile: 713-623-8724
Email:
info@premprolawsuit.com
Website:
http://www.premprolawsuit.com/
medical
malpractice lawyers
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