title: Treatment options for the menopausal woman.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, N.Y., USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Finkel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahoney
mesh_terms: 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