Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have lower blood pressure risk than pills
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms — and new research suggests patches or creams may be safer for their blood pressure than pills. High blood pressure further increases that risk — but it's not clear whether there's a link with hormone therapy for menopause symptoms. But it adds important clues to understanding the complex relationship between hormone therapy and blood pressure, said Dr. Garima Sharma, a women’s heart specialist with Virginia’s Inova Health System and the American Heart Association. Still, “these findings are very clinically relevant,” Sharma said in an an email, and suggest it's especially important to monitor blood pressure in women who use oral hormone therapy.
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