Oral menopausal hormone therapy linked to higher blood clot risk in legs or lungs regardless of dose or duration - BMJ Group
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But stroke and heart attack risks limited to prolonged high-dose therapy, and no general increased risk seen with transdermal hormone therapy, findings show Current use of oral menopausal hormone therapy (commonly known as hormone replacement therapy or HRT) is associated with an increased risk of blood clots in legs / lungs regardless of dose or
  • DomeGuy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The risk as i understand it from the act of dissolving the capsule. I infer that it’s equivalent risk for each capsule regardless of the per-capsule dose or how long you’ve been taking the capsules.

    It would be equivalent of saying “plugging random USB sticks into a PC can be dangerous regardless of the reported capacity of the drive or how often you’ve plugged in a random stick and not been the victim of a ransomware attack.”