Treatment
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Hormone Therapy for Menopausal Symptom Relief
Estrogen and Progestogen Therapy
Î For menopausal women <60 years of age or <10 years past
menopause with bothersome vasomotor symptoms (VMS) (with
or without additional climacteric symptoms) who do not have
contraindications or excess cardiovascular or breast cancer risks
and are willing to take menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), ES
suggests initiating estrogen therapy (ET) for those without a
uterus and estrogen plus progestogen therapy (EPT) for those with
a uterus. (2|⊕⊕
)
Cardiovascular Risk
Î For women
