title: [A transdermal therapeutic system for hormonal therapy of climacteric deficiency pictures. A multicenter study].
abstract: In an open study 112 women with menopausal symptoms were treated with a transdermal therapeutic system delivering estradiol at a rate of 25, 50 or 100 micrograms per day resp. The study, which was to measure the therapeutic efficacy and systemic and local tolerability, lasted 3 months. At the end of the treatment period 46% of the women were completely free of symptoms and a further 46% very much improved. In 64% the hot flushes disappeared entirely and in the remaining women their frequency and intensity, with a few exceptions, were markedly diminished. Nocturnal bouts of sweating were completely prevented in 67% of those complaining of this symptom. Pollakiuria improved in 93%. Before commencement of the therapy 24 patients felt unwell; during the study only two. The proportion of women who felt well or very well rose from 36% to 83%. The systemic tolerability was rated good or excellent by 97% of patients and in no case was it rated poor. Blood pressure and body weight were not affected. The local tolerability was considered good or very good by 80% of the women; it was poor in 5 cases (4.6%) and only in one case did it lead to discontinuation of the therapy. Ninety percent of the participants wanted to continue treatment beyond the duration of the study.
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002979:Climacteric / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004958:Estradiol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000172:deficiency*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D004958:Estradiol
vernacular_title: Ein transdermales therapeutisches System zur hormonellen Therapie klimakterischer Ausfalls erscheinungen. Multizentrische Studie.