Treatment options for the menopausal woman.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is not benign; its adverse effects can be as serious as the health threats it was designed to prevent. An element of trial and error exists when tailoring a patient treatment regimen. Lack of clinician knowledge and poor clinician-patient communication can result in incorrect or suboptimal HRT decisions. This article presents a comprehensive assessment of options for women entering menopause; recent epidemiologic findings and various HRTs are discussed.
Finkel
M L
ML
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, N.Y., USA.
Cohen
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M
Mahoney
H
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D002979:Climacteric; D003657:Decision Making; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010349:Patient Compliance; D018579:Patient Selection