Premarin®, is prescribed to alleviate symptoms of menopause. Mares used in the production of Premarin are strapped to urine collection bags six months a year; tied in narrow stalls that do not allow them to turn around or lie down flat; denied free, continual access to water, and cannot move.
Mares are kept in production, foaling every year, for eight to nine years. When no longer able to reproduce, they are sold for slaughter. Horses may live 20 years in these conditions. Foals born here are auctioned usually end up slaughtered.
There are FDA-approved plant-derived & synthetic medications that have the same effect as Premarin.
Recent studies show that long term use of Premarin increases the risks of breast cancer, heart attacks, blood clots and strokes