Menopause management: how you can do better

J Fam Pract. 2012 Mar;61(3):138-45.

Abstract

Let patients know that hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and other common menopausal symptoms can be treated successfully with hormonal and nonhormonal agents.

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Therapy
  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / therapeutic use
  • Administration, Cutaneous
  • Administration, Topical
  • Affect
  • Age Factors
  • Androgen Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Androgens / therapeutic use
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / therapeutic use
  • Atrophic Vaginitis / physiopathology
  • Atrophic Vaginitis / therapy*
  • Azabicyclo Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Bupropion / therapeutic use
  • Cyproterone Acetate / therapeutic use
  • Dehydroepiandrosterone / therapeutic use
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Dyspareunia / physiopathology
  • Dyspareunia / therapy*
  • Estrogens / therapeutic use
  • Eszopiclone
  • Exercise
  • Female
  • Hair / drug effects
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Hot Flashes / etiology
  • Hot Flashes / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / therapeutic use
  • Libido / drug effects
  • Life Style
  • Lubricants / therapeutic use
  • Menopause / physiology*
  • Menopause / psychology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Minoxidil / therapeutic use
  • Phytotherapy
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / etiology
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / therapy
  • Spironolactone / therapeutic use
  • Testosterone / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Androgen Antagonists
  • Androgens
  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
  • Azabicyclo Compounds
  • Estrogens
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Lubricants
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
  • Piperazines
  • Bupropion
  • Spironolactone
  • Testosterone
  • Dehydroepiandrosterone
  • Cyproterone Acetate
  • Minoxidil
  • Eszopiclone