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What is the difference between hormone therapy and birth control?
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Amount of hormone: Birth control pills have higher levels of hormones than what the body produces to be able to prevent pregnancy. When a woman is taking hormones for menopause symptoms like hot flashes she is taking low doses of hormones at the level her body would produce if her body was producing hormones. This is to replace hormones.
Answered 4/7/2013
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