Menopause physician accused of risking girls’s well being with excessive doses of HRT

A number one menopause physician has been accused of placing girls’s well being in danger with ‘alarmingly excessive’ doses of hormone substitute remedy (HRT).

Dr Louise Newson’s personal clinic, Newson Health – which sees 4,000 sufferers a month – is claimed to often prescribe HRT doses that exceed licensed quantities, The Mail on Sunday can disclose.

Regulators enable this however specialists say docs ought to solely supply larger than licensed doses in distinctive instances because of the potential dangers, which embody womb most cancers. Newson Health allegedly gives this sort of therapy to at least one in 5 sufferers.

HRT tops up ranges of key feminine hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, as they begin to fall as girls enter menopause.

Dr Newson argues excessive doses are generally wanted to sort out severe menopause-related psychological well being issues and suicidal ideas.

Dr Louise Newson’s (pictured, left) personal clinic, Newson Health – which sees 4,000 sufferers a month – is claimed to often prescribe HRT doses that exceed licensed quantities, The Mail on Sunday can disclose

HRT tops up ranges of key feminine hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, as they begin to fall as girls enter menopause. Pictured: HRT dispenser field

The MoS launched an investigation after NHS docs stated they’d seen girls who had developed well being issues after being prescribed excessive HRT doses at Dr Newson’s clinic.

One has been identified with womb most cancers, though it isn’t identified if the medication triggered it. Others developed endometrial hyperplasia – an irregular thickening of the womb lining which could be a precursor to most cancers.

NHS docs had been additionally threatened with authorized letters by the clinic for questioning Dr Newson’s experience in consultations with sufferers. 

The clinic couldn’t touch upon particular person instances however a spokesman stated: ‘There is not any dependable scientific proof out there that signifies proof of hurt brought on by totally different doses of HRT prescribed.’ 

However, advisor gynaecologist Haitham Hamoda stated: ‘Without proof to substantiate the security of upper doses, a therapy shouldn’t be described as not dangerous.’

Newson Health stated: ‘It is crucial to safeguard a various vary of views inside drugs and, because the UK’s main menopause clinic, Newson Health utilises a wealth of scientific expertise and knowledge, in addition to the out there scientific proof, to deal with each affected person on an individualised foundation, to supply girls the absolute best menopause care.’