NORMA L. McCOYJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesMcCoy, N. L. (1990). Estrogen levels in relation to self-reported symptoms and sexuality in perimenopausal women. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 592, 450–452....
Estrogen hormones are female sex hormones that are primarily produced in the ovaries. Estrogen is found in both women and men (where they are thought to play a role in sperm maturation and male libido), but are produced in much higher levels in women of childbearing age. These steroid ...
Effects of Estrogen on Perimenopausal Depression In the months or years before menopause (called perimenopause), estrogen levels are erratic. During perimenopause, up to 10% of women experience depression that may be caused by unstable estrogen levels. Some studies suggest that using a transdermal est...
Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is a group of endometrial epithelial malignancies, most of which are adenocarcinomas and occur in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. It is one of the most common carcinomas of the female reproductive system. It has been shown that the occurrence and development of ...
Treatment for symptom relief probably should be given for at least 6 months to perimenopausal women, after which withdrawal can be attempted to see whether symptoms have resolved spontaneously. Subcutaneous oestrogen implants Oestradiol can be implanted surgically as pellets that release drug for up to...
Although several randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) of estrogen for the treatment of perimenopausal women with mild to moderate depression have found it to be significantly more effective than placebo, only the mood symptoms and not the entire depressive syndrome were alleviated by estrogen in ...
In: Campbell S, ed. The Management of the Menopause and Post Menopausal Years. Baltimore, Md: University Park Press; 1976. 33. Soares C, Almeida O, Joffe H, Cohen LS. Efficacy of estradiol for the treatment of depressive disorders in perimenopausal women. Arch Gen Psychiatry.2001;58:529...
(ACE) serum activity compared with older women, while older women have higher ACE2 serum activity than younger women [48]. During sodium intake, compared with women, men were also found to have significantly higher plasma aldosterone levels, extracellular volume and systolic BP, as well as ...
Transitions from premenopause and early perimenopause to postmenopause were not associated with significant differences in levels of hemostatic factors. The hsCRP concentrations were approximately 25% higher, and the PAI-1 concentrations approximately 20% lower among women who initiated hormone therapy, ...
Metastatic inoperable breast cancer in men and women (palliative) Advancedandrogen-dependent prostatecarcinoma(palliative) Off-label uses: Uremic bleeding (bleeding due to high levels of bloodurea) Orphan designation: Estrogen replacement in Turner syndrome ...