Ep 126 | Is It Too Late to Start Hormone Therapy? What Women Need to Know With Dr. Kudzai Dombo

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Have you been through menopause and never taken hormone therapy? Are you wondering if you missed your chance?

Maybe you were told hormone therapy was not safe, or it was never offered to you. Now, with renewed attention on hormone therapy and recent changes to FDA warnings, you may be hearing a very different conversation than you did 10 or 20 years ago.

In this episode of Pleasure in the Pause, Gabriella sits down with board-certified OB-GYN and Menopause Society certified practitioner Dr. Kudzai Dombo to explore what the latest science says about starting hormone therapy later in life, who might still be a candidate, and how to make an informed decision about what is right for your body.

Walk away with a clearer picture of your options and the questions to bring to your healthcare provider.

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Dr. Kudzai Dombo, MD, FACOG, MSCP, is a board-certified OB-GYN and menopause expert with 20 years of experience in women’s health. Shaped by her upbringing in the U.S. and Zimbabwe, she has advocated for women around the world through Doctors Without Borders and other global health work. She is the former Director of Advocacy and Outreach at Alloy Women’s Health, where she championed education and support for Black women navigating the menopause transition, and she now runs her own telehealth practice.

Highlights from our discussion include:

• Why the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative headlines left so many women afraid, and what the details actually showed

• What the recent FDA changes to hormone therapy warnings do and do not mean

• Why “is it too late?” does not have a simple yes or no answer, and what your doctor looks at to decide

• Why skin-delivered estrogen is often favored over pills for women over 60

• Why progesterone matters if you have a uterus, and what to do if you cannot tolerate it

• Where testosterone stands today

• Why low-dose vaginal estrogen is in a category of its own and has no age limit

• Whether you need to stop hormone therapy at 60 or 65, and what non-hormonal options exist for hot flashes 

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