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I don’t have stats for the number of scripts that are written every year for other commonly prescribed medicines, but I just came across some jaw-dropping numbers relevant to the prescription of Hormone Replacement Therapy.  According to Medical News Today,  in 2000 62 million scripts were written for Premarin and Prempro, the 2 most commonly prescribed HRT drugs.  The number fell to 47 million in 2002 and by 2005, only 18 million scripts were written.
In plain English, the medicalization of menopause has put a staggering number of women at greater risk for breast and other cancers.  And meanwhile the pharaceuticals continue to rake in the profits…

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