Hormone Therapy Usage Recommendations

Hormone therapy is often not recommended for women who have any of the following conditions:

• Vaginal bleeding of an unknown cause

• Suspected breast cancer or history of breast cancer

• History of endometrial cancer or cancer of the uterus

• Chronic disease of the liver

• History of heart disease

• History of venous thrombosis (blood clots in the veins or legs, or in the lung). This includes women who have had thrombosis or blood clots during pregnancy or when taking birth control pills. Although the risk of blood clots in women is very low, hormone therapy increases the risk.