Jose Ness1, Wilbert S Aronow, Gwen Beck. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. jose-ness@uiowa.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of recurrent menopausal symptoms among post-menopausal women who discontinued hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after the publication of the women's health initiative (WHI) study and to describe the therapeutic strategies employed to address these symptoms. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 1000 post-menopausal women seen consecutively at an internal medicine practice from January 2004 to May 2004. RESULTS: Among 1000 post-menopausal women, 205 (21%) had discontinued HRT due to the WHI results. Menopausal symptoms were present in 91/205 (44%) women, with 52/205 (25%) having vasomotor symptoms, 51/205 (25%) urogenital complaints, and 10/205 (5%) mood-related symptoms. Out of the 91 symptomatic women, only 55 (60%) received therapy to relieve their symptoms. The most commonly employed treatments were topical estrogen in 33/91 (36%) women, complementary therapies in 18/91 (20%) women, and venlafaxine in 13/91 (14%) women. Among complementary therapies, the most frequent were black cohosh used by 8/91 (9%) women and soy by 7/91 (8%) women. CONCLUSIONS: Many post-menopausal women developed typical menopausal symptoms after discontinuation of HRT, with vasomotor and urogenital complaints being the most commonly reported. Topical estrogen, complementary therapies, and venlafaxine were the most usual treatments for menopausal symptoms. However, a large number of symptomatic women remained untreated.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of recurrent menopausal symptoms among post-menopausal women who discontinued hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after the publication of the women's health initiative (WHI) study and to describe the therapeutic strategies employed to address these symptoms. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 1000 post-menopausal women seen consecutively at an internal medicine practice from January 2004 to May 2004. RESULTS: Among 1000 post-menopausal women, 205 (21%) had discontinued HRT due to the WHI results. Menopausal symptoms were present in 91/205 (44%) women, with 52/205 (25%) having vasomotor symptoms, 51/205 (25%) urogenital complaints, and 10/205 (5%) mood-related symptoms. Out of the 91 symptomatic women, only 55 (60%) received therapy to relieve their symptoms. The most commonly employed treatments were topical estrogen in 33/91 (36%) women, complementary therapies in 18/91 (20%) women, and venlafaxine in 13/91 (14%) women. Among complementary therapies, the most frequent were black cohosh used by 8/91 (9%) women and soy by 7/91 (8%) women. CONCLUSIONS: Many post-menopausal women developed typical menopausal symptoms after discontinuation of HRT, with vasomotor and urogenital complaints being the most commonly reported. Topical estrogen, complementary therapies, and venlafaxine were the most usual treatments for menopausal symptoms. However, a large number of symptomatic women remained untreated.
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