I have been on Prempro for four years .625-2.5 dosage, Qty 28. The cost of this med increased from $50 to $125 and it was difficult for me to pay this cost. I unfortunately decided to stop taking it without my heath provider's advice. I started to feel horrible withdrawal symptoms such as irritability and of course hot flashes and massive night sweats. I am also Bipolar so these symptoms are 10x worse. I called my heath provider's office who gave me an appt. for the 27th of this month-May. I did purchase the prempro and after two weeks the symptoms went away, however, I am now experiencing menstrual bleeding, spotting and pain in my lower abdomen. I am fearful at this point until the 27th. If anyone has any related issues or advice, please feel free to reply. Thank you for being available, Rae

DO NOT TAKE PREMARIN Please go to www.premarin.org and educate yourselves and if you must your doctor too on what you are contributing to and just WHAT you are taking, DON'T TAKE PREMARIN or any other PMU based estrogen-replacement drugs DEMAND a synthetic or non PMU organic will actually work better, less side effects too. I am a Vegan and don't use ANY animal products since 1979 as I believe animals deserve to live happy lives too. Premarin is NOT good for you OR natural (like drinking cow's milk, it's MEANT for calves) it also promotes side effects and unneccessary suffering for horses too! In other words, GOT CONSCIENCE? I drink soy protein with phyto nutrients daily for a long time for protein replacement since I don't eat meat or dairy THANK GOD but it's also considered a natural estrogen replacement too and LOVE it, TASTES GREAT and does a body GOOD ;) inexpensive too!! Lastly, help spread the word and let other animal/horse lovers know about this SHADY billion dollar industry based entirely on the suffering of horses. Sales of Premarin have already plummeted 30% (2003) from their high in 1999 and will continue to do so as more and more studies link the drug to life threatening ailments and women are made more aware of these studies... PREMARIN KILLS, STOP taking it for your OWN life and ALSO the BABY foles...READ the site straight through a LOT of IMPORTANT information you need to know before you ingest anymore horse urine, YUK!!

I have had no hot flash relief with Activella or FemHrt. I've tried them over a period of several months and I get hot flashes 24/7. The FemHrt dose is 1/5 mcg (Ethinyl estradiol) However, I had instant hot flash relief with Prempro .625/2.5 (Conjugated estrogen) (Had some side effects with Prempro, but that's another thread) Does anyone have any insight as to why I have had no hot flash relief with FemHrt? Are the conjugated estrogens stronger than the ethinyl estradiol?

I was in menopause for a 8 years and never got over having hot flashes. I went on hormone replacement--not prempro-- to try and get a handle on things. After a year I quit taking them --like you all at once and started drinking soy milk--I liked the chocolate. The hot flashes returned but not as often and gradually got less and less until they stopped. Soy has natural plant estrogen. I'd say nothing horrible will happen to you but you may get some menopause symptoms back.