cover image: A pragmatic approach to the management of menopause

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A pragmatic approach to the management of menopause

3 May 2023

menopausal symptoms, fears around the risks of menopausal • Menopausal hormone therapy is indicated as first-line hormone therapy and lack of knowledge regarding treatment treatment of vasomotor symptoms, and is a safe treatment options often impede patients from receiving treatment. [...] and Gynaecologists of Canada and the North American Menopause In Canada, no product for testosterone treatment has been Society, recommend menopausal hormone therapy as the first-line approved or recommended for menopausal symptoms, but the treatment for vasomotor symptoms for both menopausal and peri- International Menopause Society has a position statement regarding menopausal patients.14,15 The. [...] associated with improvement in menopausal symptoms, a review Despite early concerns of an increased risk of cardiovascular of nonpharmacologic treatments is beyond the scope of this article; events with menopausal hormone therapy after the Women’s the topic was recently reviewed in a menopause practice guideline Health Initiative (WHI) trial,25 increasing evidence shows a pos- by the Society of Ob. [...] Evaluation of the endometrium with and women’s health at midlife: a progress report from the Study of Women’s ultrasonography and histologic sampling, and titration of the Health Across the Nation (SWAN). [...] Effects of postmenopausal estrogen boembolism among postmenopausal women: impact of the route of estrogen replacement on the concentrations and metabolism of plasma lipoproteins.
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