New York Times Scrutinizes Somers & Wiley Protocol
Submitted by debv on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 5:00pm.In a piece titled “A Battle Over 'Juice of Youth”, the New York Times puts the spotlight on Suzanne Somers' endorsement of the Wiley Protocol in her new book, Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones.
“The book, though, has raised the hormone levels of at least seven medical doctors. The doctors — three of whom are quoted in the book — generally support the concept of bioidentical hormone therapies but say that too little research has been done to assure that they are safe.
About Wiley Watch
Submitted by debv on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 5:52pm.Wiley Watch scrutinizes the Wiley Protocol and its stakeholders. Both have proven deserving.
What is the Wiley Protocol?
The Wiley Protocol is a cyclical bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), formulated by T.S. “Susie” Wiley and based on ideas she developed under her mentor, Dr. Bent Formby. It prescribes unprecedentedly high – indeed suprapharmacological – dosages of estrogen and progesterone, and is being marketed to the public without advance scientific testing and with no documentation of its effects.
(Dr. Formby worked with Wiley on her second book, Sex, Lies, and Menopause, in which the protocol first appeared as an appendix. It should be noted that he split with her after discovering this appendix. He says that he objected, insisting that its inclusion would be profoundly unethical, and that his objections were met with apathy.)
