Submitted by
Lisa Buyer on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 10:25
Call it the HRT Wives Club? When it comes to bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, it’s more popular for physicians to prescribe it for their wives than their patients. So says a new study out of Germany.
Led by Dr. Kai J. Buhling, the study was the first of its kind in Germany to show an underuse of hormone replacement therapy among gynecological patients compared to self-administration for themselves or their female partner.
MALE VS FEMALE DOCTORS Study Stats
43 percent of male doctors would put their partner on HRT if she had "reduced libido," while only 31 percent of the female doctors thought that was a good option for themselves.
The same pattern was found when it came to incontinence, osteoporosis, vaginal problems and other issues that face many women as they get older.