LOWER doses of estrogen to prevent osteoporosis

July 1999

You'll see some physicians prescribe 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 evidence that women can prevent bone loss by taking Premarin 0.3 mg and medroxyprogesterone 2.5 mg daily...along with calcium and vitamin D.

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