HRT should be offered to women under 60 as long as patients don’t have personal history of breast cancer, coronary artery disease or stroke, study says
Hormone replacement therapy should be the first treatment offered to women under the age of 60 who are suffering from hot flashes, night sweats and other disruptive symptoms of menopause, according to a review of the scientific literature released Monday., published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reinforces a shift that was already under way.
“It’s also an issue for our society because women reach the peak of their productivity right around the time when they become symptomatic. They’ve worked all these years to be good atAlthough menopause is defined as the point one year after a woman’s last period, the symptoms leading up to and following that milestone – including hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disruption, mood swings, brain fog and vaginal dryness – can last up to a decade as estrogen levels drop.
Hormone replacement therapy is a medication that consists of either estrogen or a combination of estrogen and progestin, a synthetic form of progesterone. The therapy was widely prescribed until 2002, when the initial findings of a large, randomized control trial called the Women’s Health Initiative dealt a near-death blow to HRT.
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