PostmenopauseUrogenital atrophyVaginal estrogenEndometrial safetyEstrogen typesAbout 10-40% of postmenopausal women suffer from symptoms resulting from urogenital atrophy. Non-hormonal local therapy should be recommended first. If the treatment effect is insufficient, local estrogen therapy is indicated. All ...
Postmenopauseestrogen therapypsychical symptomssomatic symptomsThe effect of oral estrogen replacement therapy upon somatic and psychical disturbances and sexuality was studied in a doubleblind investigation in 48 postmenopausal women using hormone preparations with two different levels of micronized estradiol-17...
Summary Postmenopausal estrogen/progestin interventions (PEPI) was an important intermediate step in the evaluation of the hypothesis that postmenopausal hormone therapy, particularly the estrogen component, could reduce coronary disease in women after menopause. Because coronary disease is the most common ...
Estrogen therapy/hormone replacement therapy Estrogen withdrawal around menopause is associated with significantbone lossand the use of estrogen replacement therapy is FDA-approved for the prevention ofosteoporosis, though non-estrogen treatments are recommended to be considered if its use is solely for fr...
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The meaning of ESTROGEN is any of various natural steroids (such as estradiol) that are formed from androgen precursors, that are secreted chiefly by the ovaries, placenta, adipose tissue, and testes, and that stimulate the development of female secondar
Osteoporosis is the loss of calcium from the bones; it strikes women past menopause far more seriously than men of the same age. It causes the “dowager’s hump” that gives many older women a stooped-over appearance, and it weakens all other bones, including the hips and wrists, which ...
Estrogen-only replacement therapy reduced joint pain after hysterectomy and menopause in a randomized trial, but the clinical utility of the finding is unclear.
20,21 Adipose tissue is the major component of the post-menopausal breast and the major source of E1 production. E1 is produced via aromatization of adrenal androstenedione largely in adipose tissue but also in bone, breast, and brain tissues.22 After menopause, E1 dominates, and circulating ...
Estrogen Replacement TherapyAdministration, CutaneousClimactericMenopauseDose-Response Relationship, DrugTime FactorsEstrogen replacement therapy is becoming an important weapon in the fight against osteoporosis and heart disease in postmenopausal women, in addition to its original role of alleviating many of ...