Peter Attia· MD
if they're only having genital urinary symptoms topical estrogen is fine
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if they're only having genital urinary symptoms topical estrogen is fine
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and it is not contraindicated to give both and in fact indicated that you have to
Systemic hormones are not often enough to help with the genital and urinary symptoms.
So just to be so clear that um we treat local vaginal conditions with local treatment for women who don't respond from a vaginal health perspective to systemic hormones.