For more information on the curelty associated with Premarin, please see:
Premarin.Org at http://www.premarin.org/. Premarin dot Org is a part of EquineRescue dot Net. The information on this page is based on information from these web sites.
What is Premarin?
Premarin® (a product manufactured by Wyeth) stands for Pregnant Mares' Urine (PREgnant MARes' urINe). Premarin products include Prempro, Premphase, Prempac, and Premelle. These are drugs made up of conjugated estrogens obtained from the urine of pregnant mares. Premarin products are sold in many forms that include pills, creams, injections, patches, and vaginal rings. Premarin is used to reduce the symptoms of menopause in women or women who have had a hysterectomy. It is also prescribed to nearly eliminate the risk of osteoporosis (the brittling of bones) and reduce the chance of heart disease in women over 50.
As of November 2003, approximately nine million American women were still taking some form of Premarin (1 million women in the United States were still taking Prempro pills as of June 2003, down from the 3.4 million taking the drug before the negative Women's Health Initiative study results became known). This is a reduction of 25% from the high figure of approximately 12 million women taking Premarin types of products as of 1999.
When did the public realize how cruel Premarin production was?
As recently as 1993, when Animal People Magazine published an extensive article on the Premarin farm abuses. Soon after that, Premarin based medications became a favorite fundraising issue for some of the organizations that later became involved in the controversy. HorseAid was also first to publish the Premarin controversy on the Internet — in 1994, under the page heading "PREgnant MARes' urINe, Curse or Cure?". Second only to the HorseAid equine rescue and adoption programs, our Premarin research has been HorseAid's greatest expenditure in both funds and volunteer resources.
"The Pill that Kills" is a service mark (sm) of IGHA/HorseAid. "Just say NEIGH! (to Premarin)", "Just say NEIGH! to Premarin", "Say NEIGH! to Premarin" including their
phonetic equivalents, and "Op 0" (zero) (Operation Zero) are copyrighted (© 2002-2008 1993 & 1996 respectively) service marks (sm) of IGHA/HorseAid, all rights reserved. "Say
NEIGH! depicted within (and without) a pill shaped representation graphic, and "Neigh Pill" is a copyrighted (© 2002-2008 1998) service mark (sm) of IGHA/HorseAid.
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