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Santiago Palacios1, Pluvio J Coronado2.
Abstract
Menopausal symptoms include vasomotor symptoms (VMS), vulvar-vaginal atrophy, and loss of bone mass associated with an increased risk of fracture. Treatment of VMS consists of lifestyle changes, hormone treatment (estrogens with and without progestogens, tissue selective estrogens complex or conjugated estrogens and bazedoxifene [CE/BZA], progestogens, and tibolone), and nonhormonal treatments. Genitourinary symptoms due to vulvar-vaginal atrophy are treated with systemic and local hormones, moisturizer creams and gels, CE/BZA, and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (ospemifene). In addition to lifestyle changes, treatments for the risk of fragility fracture include calcium and vitamin D, hormone treatment, selective estrogen receptor modulators (raloxifene, BZA), bisphosphonates, strontium ranelate, denosumab, and teriparatide. This article reviews treatment options and provides treatment algorithms for women with menopausal symptoms.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27973466 DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4784.16.04007-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Minerva Ginecol ISSN: 0026-4784