Hormones Depression and PMS
Posted in Women's health on Feb 15th, 2010
Senior gynaecologists have expressed concern that older women my often be prescribed antidepressant drugs for depression that is in fact caused by a change in hormone levels and in circumstances when hormone treatment would be more appropriate. Why, then are so many women treated with anti-depressants when they really require hormone treatment? One possible reason for this is a failure by GPs to look beyond the symptoms, which is exacerbated by continuing fears surrounding the safety of HRT. However, Professor John Studd Dsc MD FRCOG points out that the latest medical evidence supports the use of HRT,
