Drugs for Menopause
Menopause Symptoms - ANS-vasomotor: hot flashes, night sweats
Other: sleep disturbances, urogenital atrophy, loss of bone density, altered lipid
metabolism
Cause of Menopause - ANS-loss of ovarian follicles between age 48 and 55
decrease in estradiol - ovarian estrogen
surgical removal of ovaries
Cancer Chemo: SERMS, Aromatase inhibitors
Cancer Chemo Drugs - ANS-can cause symptoms of menopause
SERMS - hot flashes, nigh sweats and sleep disturbances
Aromatase inhibitors
Hormone Replacement Therapies - ANS-Estrogen alone - without a uterus
SERM
Progesterone only
Estrogen and bazedoxifene (SERM)
Estrogen and Progestin - with uterus
Androgens
Bioidentical hormones
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