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Abstract

Menopause hormone therapy (MHT) is the most efficient treatment for symptoms of acute climacteric syndrome and for efficient prevention of long-term estrogen deficiency. Vaginal administration of low doses of estrogen is a therapy of choice for treatment and prevention of urogenital atrophy and its consequences. Systemic treatment may include estrogen, but an equally efficient alternative is tibolone. Nonhormonal therapy relies on phytoestrogens, black cohosh extract, and serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

Keywords: atrophic vaginitis, bazedoxifene, climacteric syndrome, menopause hormone therapy, phytoestrogens, tibolone.

Citation: Fait T. Menopause hormone therapy: latest developments and clinical practice. Drugs in Context 2019; 8: 212551. DOI: 10.7573/dic.212551

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Copyright: Copyright © 2019 Fait T. Published by Drugs in Context under Creative Commons License Deed CC BY NC ND 4.0 which allows anyone to copy, distribute, and transmit the article provided it is properly attributed in the manner specified below. No commercial use without permission.

Correct attribution: Copyright © 2019 Fait T. https://doi.org/10.7573/dic.212551. Published by Drugs in Context under Creative Commons License Deed CC BY NC ND 4.0.

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Correspondence: Tomas Fait, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty Hospital Motol, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. tfait@seznam.cz

Provenance: invited; externally peer reviewed.

Submitted: 12 July 2018; Peer review comments to author: 21 August 2018; Revised manuscript received: 10 December 2018; Accepted: 10 December 2018; Publication date: 2 January 2019.

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