I gleaned so much from Wendy's classes on women's health, thank you! I'm curious if there is any reason NOT to start herbal support for a woman who has begun bio identical hormone therapy? Would the herbs create any interaction with the intended purpose of bio identicals or would you treat the woman with the same herbs/support regardless of whether she is on hormone replacement therapy or not? On the topic of bio-identical hormones, I recall Dr. Kharrazian saying in one of his books that he spends a lot of time in his practice undoing the damage from hormone replacement therapy from all of the anti-aging practices that are so popular these days. I thought it was an interesting statement and curious your thoughts on the downside of hormone replacement therapy in general? Thank you!

Wendy said: 1. I often use herbs and hrt together, so no, there is no contraindication. 2. I think Datis was referring to inappropriate use of hrt that can sometimes be found "out there". for instance, I also have to fix damage from high dose hrt pellets used in the wrong patients. We didn't really cover HRT in any of my talks in detail, as it's not appropriate for those classes, but it's a very complex subject. Some providers simply don't do a good job but "jump on the bandwagon" because it's a great way to get clients/patients.