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What does it do?
This product is primarily used in the treatment of menopause symptoms. It is a replacement of the hormone estrogen.
Last text update: 2011-10-05
Last data update: 2012-01-14
This product has a black box warning relating to increased risk of endometrial cancers and an increased risk of blood clots, heart attacks, invasive breast cancer, and dementia.
Usage:
Premarin is most commonly used to treat the conditions below, together with the percentage of all people taking the medication for the particular condition.
| Disease/Condition | % |
|---|
| Menopausal Symptoms | 94% |
| Hormone Replacement Therapy | 3% |
General Information:
- 8.8
- Premarin Average Satisfaction Score
- 85% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Premarin.
MediGuard regularly polls our more than 13,000 users taking Premarin (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM). This feedback is continuously updated for the benefit of the MediGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@mediguard.org.
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Global Patient Feedback for Premarin
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I am taking myself off this medication, due to the possibility of it causing Breast Cancer, (which killed my Grand Mother). My Mother also had Uterine Cancer while she was preg. with me, which she had removed after I was born I also had LARGE Fallopian Tube cysts, which where tied off, and then 5 years after my baby was born, I had my Uterus removed, due to a tilted Uterus,& non stop bleeding. My breasts hurt constantly now, to the slightest touch. I have only been allowed 1 Mamm. test , I am 47
- 47 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2011-09-06 17:16:53
i was just wondering,has anyone else had severe depression and severe anxiety to the point of feeling like you are going crazy during menopause?i dont have hot flashes.i do have some mood swings not bad.if so did hrt help? i am in menopause dr.confirmed thru lab work.i'm desperate to know are these problems common during menopause? renee
- 47 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2011-06-25 14:27:28
I am 69 years old and had a total hysterectomy 20 years ago. I have been on some form of hormone replacement since. Seven years ago, my doctor talked me into quitting and I immediately started having terrible hot flashes where I was drenched in sweat hourly, day and night. After 3 months of this misery, I told my doctor I wanted to go back on a HR and he put me on Premarin. Since my hysterectomy, I have experienced some hair loss which I treat daily with minoxidol (which I buy at Walmart) and that has stopped the thinning. I also take a generic form of Estratest which is estrogen + testoterone. I alternate it with the Premarin (.03 mg). I was having trouble reaching climax during sex and the testoterone solves that problem. I just had a check up with my new doctor who again suggested I try going off the Premarin. She explained the new concerns about cancer etc while saying there was an increased risk taking hormones however, I was in a very low-risk category. I plan to stay on the hormones as long as I can.
- 69 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2011-06-12 20:29:55
