title: Managing the transition from oral contraceptives to hormone replacement therapy.
abstract: Oral contraceptives provide multiple benefits for perimenopausal women; their use results in considerable economic savings by managing vasomotor symptoms, preventing pregnancy, and improving future outcomes. Hormone replacement therapy provides many health benefits for menopausal women; a recently introduced constant estrogen/intermittent progestin regimen takes advantage of receptor dynamics and the extended half-life of norgestimate to provide a continuous progestational effect on the endometrium. The lower progestin dose may also decrease progestin-related side effects and contribute to increased adherence and treatment continuation.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Burkman
mesh_terms: D002979:Climacteric; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral