USES: This medication contains female estrogen hormones and is usually given to women who no longer produce the amount of estrogen they produced before menopause. It is a very effective treatment for reducing vaginal menopause symptoms (e.g., dryness, burning, itching). HOW TO USE: Use this ...
Women being treated for breast cancer with aromatase inhibitors may experience extremely low estrogen levels resulting in a wide variety of side effects that a typical postmenopausal woman without cancer may not experience. Data presented at the Ninth Annual AACR Frontiers inCancer PreventionConference, ...
Estradiol is used to treat menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal changes, and to prevent osteoporosis (bone loss) in menopausal women. Estradiol is also used to treat low estrogen levels in women with ovarian failure. It is also indicated to treat certain types of breast cancer an...
Tell your doctor about anysupplementsyou're taking, even if they're natural. That way, your doctor can check for potential side effects or interactions with medications. The FDA doesn't regulate supplements in the same way it does food and drugs. It also doesn't review supplements for safety...
Common side effects, which generally last up to three months, include:13 Headache Nausea Sore breasts Changes in periods (early, late, or stopping) Spotting Increased vaginal wetness Skin Patches Birth control skin patches, such asXulaneorTwirla, contain both estrogen and progestin hormones. They ...
Included in the book are the stories of some of the women whose lives have been affected by DES.This multichapter overview of estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) has a decidedly negative bias citing that by 1975 when a series of studies established that ERT increases the risk of endometrial ...
Cons:Some women may cease menstruating within the first year of usage. Irregular bleeding can be treated by giving the next dose earlier or by adding a low-dose estrogen temporarily. Because DMPA lasts in the body for several months in women who have used it on a long-term basis, it can...
30. Bone HG, Greenspan SL, McKeever C, Bell N, Davidson M, Downs RW, Emkey R, Meunier PJ, Miller SS, Mulloy AL, Recker RR, We (2000) "Alendronate and estrogen effects in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density." J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 85, p. 720-6 31. Graham DY...
“108]), and phenytoin (108 [95% C.I. 104–112]). It is not known when during pregnancy cognitive effects in valproate-exposed children occur. Because the women in this study were exposed to antiepileptic drugs throughout pregnancy, whether the risk for decreased IQ was related to a...
Estrogenic Side Effects (Water Retention) Through the conversion of aromatizable androgens into Estrogen (touched upon very briefly above under one of the causes for increased blood pressure), anabolic steroids can increase both extracellular and intracellular water retention in the body. Intracellular wa...