Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Linked to Acute Pancreatitis Postmenopausal women who use systemic hormone therapy face increased risk for acute pancreatitis, according to a prospective study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Over 31,000 postmenopausal women in Sweden reported on whether theyd ever used hormone therapy and then were followed for roughly 13 years. During that time, 237 developed acute pancreatitis. After multivariable adjustment, those whod used hormone therapy had a significantly increased risk for pancreatitis, relative to those whod never taken hormones. The risk increase was largely limited to those whod used systemic (rather than local) hormone therapy (relative risk, 1.92). The authors conclude that physicians should consider this potential increase in risk when prescribing hormone therapy.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:34:02 +0000