Estrogen replacement therapy: indications, contraindications, and agent selection

摘要: Three groups of indications exist for postmenopausal estrogen use: relief symptoms related to deficiency, osteoporosis prophylaxis and treatment, cardioprotection. Estrogen replacement therapy enhances a woman's sense well-being reduces the morbidity, mortality, health care costs associated with atherosclerotic heart disease. There are few absolute contraindications therapy. Many preparations currently available in United States. Establishing equivalencies among different is complicated by many physiologic pharmacologic effects estrogens variety treatment end points used. Most have same biologic effect provided equivalent blood levels achieved. has proved beneficial selected women.