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Estrogen & Stroke Risk in Ladies
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Estrogen & Stroke Risk in Ladies

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Feb 09, 2023
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If my elderly patients are on testosterone replacement or estrogen replacement and they get a stroke, the party line they are told is that their hormones caused the stroke.

This is not accurate. Unless the hormones are taken orally. Which, btw, they are now pushing an oral testosterone for males. I would avoid that for this reason. Oral hormones are more…

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