Non-hormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms.
Increasing numbers of women are requesting non-hormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms. Estrogen-containing HRT is the most effective treatment for menopausal symptoms in healthy women but is contraindicated for some women and avoided by many others. This review will assess the evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of non-hormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms. Relatively few high quality studies have addressed this issue, almost all have only addressed the treatment of hot flushes and there are few long-term data.
Hickey
Martha
M
School of Women's and Infants Health, King Edward Memorial Hospital, 374 Bagot Road, Perth, University of Western Australia, Western Australia 6008, Australia. mhickey@obsgyn.uwa.edu.au
Saunders
Christobel M
CM
Stuckey
Bronwyn G A
BG
D000529:Complementary Therapies; D005260:Female; D019584:Hot Flashes / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008593:Menopause / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic