title: Is there a SERM in your menopause toolkit?
abstract: Over the past 3 decades, compounds called selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) have been developed that block the estrogen receptor in some tissues (estrogen receptor antagonists) or stimulate the estrogen receptor in other tissues (estrogen receptor agonists). This Practice Pearl focuses on SERMs that clinicians can use for menopausal patients.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000187:drug effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D020845:Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D004967:Estrogens; D020845:Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators