Abstract

FERNANDEZ MORALES, Donald. Indicaciones para el uso de terapia de reemplazo hormonal oral en mujeres menopáusicas mayores de 50 años. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2007, vol.49, n.1, pp.26-32. ISSN 0001-6002.

The use of oral hormonal replacement therapy has been controversial during the last years because randomized studies opposed all the previous guidelines. Some authors referred their observations and the limitations of these investigations. But it is demonstrated that the only indication that still persists is the treatment of the menopausal syndrome, using the lowest dose during the shortest time possible, and probably as a second option, in the management of osteoporosis. The objective of the present review to is support the medical physicians that prescribe hormonal replacement therapy for menopausal women older than 50 years of age.

Keywords : hormone replacement therapy; vasomotor symptoms; urogenital atrophy; thromboembolism; invasive breast cancer.

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