AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question i would like to now if it is safe to take reductil slimming tablet the same time as h r t tablets
Answer Hi Liz,
One of the biggest protectors against heart dsease is estrogen, that is why the risk of heart disease is very low for women. After menopause estrogen formations stops, hence women are advised HRT to combat the strange effects of sudden stoppage of estrogen. Basically women in the post menopausal period are more prone to heart disease than those before menopause.
For this reason in post menopausal women we do not recommend drugs like phentermine which increase the load on the heart. However reductil contains sibutramine which is not a cardiac risk. For this reason I feel that reductil can be taken safely with HRT.
Ravi Ghooi
