[How to stop hormone replacement therapy?]

Hormone replacement therapy is indicated for the treatment of menopausal and urogenital symptoms. The therapy is recommended to be started at the lowest effective dose for a minimum period of time. Discontinuation of the therapy or at least reduction of the dose should be considered yearly. The treatment can be stopped immediately or gradually. The risk of recurrence of menopausal symptoms is equal for both techniques of cessation. Furthermore, the number of those having restarted the therapy does not differ between cessation techniques. A woman is thus able to choose her own cessation technique. Immediate cessation is often successful, whereby complicated instructions for drug reduction are avoided.