Dr. Steven R. Goldstein MD Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Dr. Steven R. Goldstein MD, top menopause doctor in NYC, explains that Menopause is not a disease, and one can make an attempt to treat symptoms like hot flashes and dry vagina without medication. However, it’s the protective benefits of estrogen that you give up when you decide against replacing what you lose at menopause by not taking medication.
Given the pros and cons, it’s important for every woman to consider her options and make her own choices. You need to consider your family history and your overall health. Women with suspected cancer of the breast, liver dysfunction, or disease should not take hormone replacement therapy. If your doctor says you are a candidate for hormone replacement therapy (HRT), you need to weigh the risks and benefits. As a woman, you are ten times more likely to die from heart disease than from breast cancer. Ask yourself, “does the protection against a fatal heart attack outweigh a possibly greater risk of breast cancer?” Is it going to be a better thirty years down the road to have bypassed HRT when you fracture your hip?
When Dr. Goldstein prescribes female hormone replacement therapy, it’s after a long discussion in which he explains everything and helps the patient weigh her risks and benefits. HRT must be tailored to meet the needs and symptoms of each woman with her family history in mind as well. Dr. Goldstein believes it is important that a woman leaves his office not just with a prescription, but with the answers to her questions and a treatment designed specifically for her. Dr. Steven R. Goldstein is a top hormone specialist in NYC, a Certified Menopause Practitioner, North American Medical Society, President of the International Menopause Society, and a Past President of the North American Menopause Society. He is an expert menopause doctor in NYC and co-author of the book “The Estrogen Alternative”. Dr. Goldstein is also a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University School of Medicine, Director of Gynecologic Ultrasound at NYU Langone Medical Center, and the author of over seven books on Gynecology. He is regarded as one of the best menopause doctors in NYC in the US.
If you are already experiencing the symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, foggy memory, vaginal dryness, and so on and are interested in seeing a hormone specialist in NYC, can help you then arrange for a consultation with Dr. Goldstein by contacting his office in New York City or visiting www.goldsteinmd.com **************************************EOD**************************************