Premarin, a drug prescribed to alleviate the symptoms of menopause, and once believed and to prevent osteoporosis in post-menopausal women is extracted from Pregnant Mare Urine.
Premarin works by substituting equine (horse) estrogens for those no longer produced by the human body. Most women who take Premarin are unaware that it's key ingredient, labeled as "conjugated estrogens", is extracted from horse urine! Not only are they unaware of what they are ingesting but they are also unaware of the controversial methods used by pharmaceutical giant Wyeth-Ayerst in the collection of the PREgnant MAres uRINe.
For many years the multi-Billion dollar Premarin industry has been extremely successful at keeping the true facts regarding the manner in which it produces and markets its product clouded in secrecy.
Mares "on line" at a collection farm
Why is there so much controversy surrounding the Premarin industry?
Please help us to help the PMU mares and foals
DON'T BE FOOLED INTO BELIEVING THAT IT'S OVER!!
While the NIH study has helped decrease the number of women now taking
Premarin or PremPro drug maker Wyeth has developed and is actively
testing a new drug to treat menopause. The drug, named Aprela, has
shown favorable results in the initial studies. Current evidence gathered
in the study suggests that the drug may pose fewer risks and milder
side effects than Prempro and Premarin, Wyeth’s other menopause drugs.
Wyeth will submit Aprela to the FDA for approved use in the
second half of 2009. If approved, the drug may provide a better line
of treatment for postmenopausal women. Its marketing would also help
the company offset continual losses resulting from its
Prempro suits.
The
new drug
Aprela contains Congugated Estrogens from Pregnant Mare Urine.
So if Aprela is not as harmful to women as Premarin or Prem Pro
it will still cost the lives of mares and foals!
