LOWER doses of estrogen to prevent osteoporosis

July 1999

There's a new trend towards prescribing LOWER doses of estrogen to prevent osteoporosis.

We used to think that postmenopausal women needed at least 0.625 mg/day of Premarin to prevent bone loss.

But now there's more evidence that women can prevent bone loss with just Premarin 0.3 mg and medroxyprogesterone 2.5 mg daily...along with sufficient calcium and vitamin D.

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