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Podcast: Empowering Midlife Wellness with Dr. Susan
Episode: Is Bleeding Normal on Menopausal Hormone Therapy? Find Out & Stop It!
Description: Despite the numerous well known benefits of menopausal hormone therapy, it's important to talk about some common side effects. The most common frustrating side effect that we seen our practice is a new onset of bleeding, which affects about 5% of patients. The good news this is very rarely anything to worry about. It is certainly a major annoyance that needs to be addressed.
Today I'll discuss why this happens in both menopausal and perimenopausal patients, how to evaluate it and most importantly how to make it stop!