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Treatment options for the menopausal woman
M L Finkel1, M Cohen, H Mahoney
1Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, N.Y., USA.
The Nurse Practitioner
|February 28, 2001
Abstract:
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is not benign; its adverse effects can be as serious as the health threats it was designed to prevent. An element of trial and error exists when tailoring a patient treatment regimen. Lack of clinician knowledge and poor clinician-patient communication can result in incorrect or suboptimal HRT decisions. This article presents a comprehensive assessment of options for women entering menopause; recent epidemiologic findings and various HRTs are discussed.