see Ovarian Hormone Therapy (OHT). This is an obsolete term used for menopausal estrogen and progestin therapy. It was used until 2002. It implies that menopause is abnormal and requires treatment for " estrogen deficiency." See also Women's Health Initiative.
replaces the hormones that a woman's ovaries stop making at the time of menopause, easing symptoms like hot flashes and vaginal dryness. HRT combines the female hormones estrogen and progesterone and is usually given in pill form. [A recent study has found that HRT can cause more harm than good in healthy women, and can increase a woman's risk for breast cancer, heart disease, stroke, and pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung). Talk with your health care provider to find out if HRT is best for you and about other ways to control menopause symptoms.
The use of exogenous female hormones as a substitute for natural hormones in women.
(HORE-mone ree-PLACE-ment THER-ah-pee) Treatment to maintain previous levels of the hormone estrogen in women during and after the menopause. Also, estrogen replacement therapy.
(HRT)- The hormone treatments used to bring hormone levels to the natural level in normal adults of the gender a transsexual wishes to become. See also Spironolactone, Estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone.
the use of estrogen and progesterone from an outside source after the body has stopped making its own supply because of natural or induced menopause. This type of hormone therapy is often given to relieve symptoms of menopause and has been shown to offer protection against thinning of the bones (osteoporosis) in women after menopause. Recent studies have found that combined hormone replacement therapy (estrogen plus progesterone) slightly increases breast cancer risk, as well as the risk of heart disease and blood clots.
Hormone Replacement Therapy refers to providing someone with hormones that the body has stopped producing or cannot produce. This has been used for years for genetic females who have gone through menopause. Hormone Replacement Therapy is used to provide transgendered individuals with the appropriate hormones their bodies cannot produce naturally, such as estrogen (and often anti-androgens) for male to female, and androgens for female to male.
Also called estrogen replacement therapy (ERT). This treatment is often given to women to replenish estrogen levels lost during menopause thereby slowing down the rate of bone loss and reducing the risk of fractures. However, experts do not know all the risks of long-term use of this therapy.
Can be prescribed by a doctor to replace the estrogen that a woman stops producing after she goes through menopause. It is sometimes called "HRT."
Replacement of the female hormone oestrogen (with or without progesterone) after output from the ovaries has declined or stopped.
hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
Substitute for the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone. Usually given when the levels fall due to menopause.
Alleviating hormone deficiencies during menopause through the administration of hormones or hormone-like botanical active ingredients
The therapeutic use of synthetic hormones, usually estrogen and progesterone after menopause or following a hysterectomy.
Drug therapy that supplies estrogen (with or without progestin) to women in order to help reduce menopausal symptoms.
Treatment in which estrogen, and often progestin, is taken to relieve the symptoms and changes caused by the low levels of hormones produced by the body.
The use of synthetic estrogen and progesterone after menopause to replace the natural hormones produced by women in their fertile years.
the use of synthetic hormones to replace the natural reproductive hormones which decrease with menopause.
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The use of estrogen combined with progestin for the treatment of menopausal symptoms and prevention of some long-term effects of menopause
A treatment for women who have reached or passed menopause that involves taking small doses of the female hormone estrogen.
Estrogen given in pill form to replace the estrogen lost after menopause; may or may not be given in conjunction with progesterone. Femara is not a hormone replacement therapy.
(HRT) Hormone therapy comes in two forms: a combination of estrogen and a synthetic form of the hormone progesterone (progestin) - a combination known as HRT -- and estrogen replacement therapy, or ERT, when estrogen alone is prescribed. HRT is typically given to women who have not had hysterectomies because estrogen is known to increase the risk of uterine cancer. The addition of progestin decreases estrogen's effects on the uterine lining, thus reducing this risk. Both HRT and ERT are available in a variety of applications: pills, creams, skin patches, vaginal ring and injections. Recent major scientific studies have found significant health risks, including higher risk for breast cancer, in postmenopausal women using a form of estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy (or combination HRT).
The use of supplemental estrogen and progesterone (in the form of progestin)-female sex hormones-to relieve the adverse effects of menopause. The therapy may also help prevent osteoporosis and heart disease.
A program of subsidizing the body's supply of hormones with additional hormones in order to restore vitality. The most common HRT involves estrogen replacement for menopausal women. Increasingly, anti-aging researchers are exploring HRT programs involving HGH, DHEA, testosterone, and other important hormones that are produced inadequately in the bodies of elderly people.
A therapy used during menopause where a doctor prescribes hormones to replace those being lost. It can ease the symptoms of menopause and protect against osteoporosis.
The name given to a form of treatment in which missing or deficient hormones can be replaced, the body being encouraged to behave normally as if it were making the hormones naturally.
The use of female hormones (estrogen and progesterone) for the relief of symptoms resulting from ovarian function.
use of the female hormones estrogen and progestin (a synthetic form of progesterone) to replace those hormones the body no longer produces after menopause.
is a replacement therapy of synthetic or naturally occurring estrogen (see ERT) combined with a progestin. HRT treats the symptoms of menopause and may have a beneficial effect on the risk of cardiovascular disease. The addition of progestin is necessary for women with an intact uterus to prevent endometrial cancer.
Drug therapy which supplies the body with oestrogen and progesterone after menopause.
the administration of estrogen and progestin to women to relieve the symptoms of menopause, prevent osteoporosis, and reduce the risk of heart disease.
Drug therapy that supplies estrogen (with or without progestin) to women to help with menopausal signs and symptoms.
the administration of exogenous hormones (typically estrogen) to replace those that the body is not able to produce (e.g., due to menopause or hysterectomy). HRT is used to relieve symptoms hormonal deficiency (e.g., hot flashes, osteoporosis).
Treatment with oestrogen (and sometimes progesterone) to alleviate the physical symptoms of the menopause.
A treatment of prescribed medication containing estrogen and progestogen, prescribed for menopausal and postmenopausal women; HRT may relieve some of the symptoms of menopause and may also offer protection from some diseases. The addition of progesterone is necessary for women who still have a uterus.
Hormones that are given to women after menopause to replace the ones they have lost. The hormones used in HRT may be androgen, estrogen, or progesterone.
the use of natural or artificial hormones to treat hormone deficiencies
HRT. Hormones (estrogen and/or progesterone) given to postmenopausal women or women who have had their ovaries surgically removed in order to replace the estrogen no longer produced by the ovaries.
the use of estrogen and progestin/progesterone in postmenopausal women
now, more commonly referred to as "menopausal hormone therapy (HT)," this therapy combines estrogen and progestin, a synthetic form of the hormone progesterone, to replace the hormones depleted after natural or surgical menopause Estrogen and progestin therapy is prescribed to women with an intact uterus because estrogen alone is known to increase the risk of uterine cancer. The addition of progestin mitigates estrogen's effects on the uterine lining, thus reducing this risk. HT is also available as "estrogen alone" therapy for women who no longer have a uterus. Menopausal hormone therapy is available in a wide variety of applications - from tablets taken orally, to patches worn on the skin, to lotions and a gel formulation. It is approved to treat hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Current FDA recommendations suggest that any form of HT be used in the smallest effective dose for the shortest amount of time possible because of potential risks associated with the therapy.
supplements of the hormones which regulate the female reproductive system; these supplements may be taken during and after menopause to reduce the symtoms of menopause and the risk of some diseases such as osteoporosis
a treatment where synthetic hormones are given to help overcome menopausal symptoms.
Hormone therapy (estrogen and progesterone/progestins) used by older women to relieve the symptoms of menopause.
treatment for women that uses estrogen and progestin (synthetic form of progesterone) to replace hormones lost during menopause or after hysterectomy to help control menopausal symptoms.
Medication to replace estrogen and progesterone hormones in females.
Use of medications containing estrogen and sometimes progesterone to reduce the symptoms and other negative effects of menopause.
HRT. Hormones (estrogen, progesterone, or both) given to women after menopause to replace the hormones no longer produced by the ovaries. Also called menopausal hormone therapy.
Medication containing one or more female hormones (usually estogen) used to treat women experiencing symptoms of menopause or amenorrheoa or women who have had partial or full hysterectomy. Medical opinion about the risks of this kind of therapy is divided.
A therapy designed to replace the natural hormones that diminish with menopause; adding progesterone with estrogen reduces the risk of developing uterine cancer.
Treatment to replace the hormones that are reduced after menopause; usually includes both estrogen and progesterone.
Hormones, e.g. testosterone in males, estrogen in females, may be prescribed when a deficiency is found.
Hormone-containing medications taken to offset the symptoms and other effects of the hormone loss that accompanies menopause.
The giving of hormones, in drug form, to replace those no longer made naturally (such as treatment of diabetes with insulin).
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is the use of hormones to treat a hormone deficiency. Most commonly, this is used in the treatment of symptoms accompanying the menopause.
Often referred to as HRT, hormones (estrogen and/or progesterone) may be given to postmenopausal women to alleviate symptoms of menopause. Long-term usage has been shown to be a risk factor for breast cancer.
The administration during the menopause of female hormones which are no longer produced naturally by the woman. Various methods and regimens are used.
The augmentation of a woman's depleted hormones with prescription hormone therapy.
( HRT ) - The artificial replacement of oestrogenic hormones in women who have reached the menopause. These hormones may be delivered orally, by injection, by implantation or by use of a skin patch.
Hormone replacement therapy or HRT involves giving hormones to women when the menopause starts, to replace those that the body no longer produces.
the use of estrogen and progesterone from an outside source after the body has stopped making it's own supply because of natural or induced menopause. This type of hormone therapy is often given to relieve symptoms of menopuase and has been shown to offer protection against heart disease and thinning of the bones (osteoporosis) in women after menopause. Since estrogen nourishes some types of breast cancer, scientists are working on the question of whether estrogen replacement therapy increases breast cancer risk. See estrogen replacement therapy.
Refers to estrogen and progesterone replacement in menopausal women.
In this type of treatment for menopause, women who are experiencing difficulty with their symptoms are administered estrogen and progestin. It is also used in risk prevention for osteoporosis and heart disease.
The substitution of naturally declining hormones with synthetic or artificial hormones in women duringmenopause.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a system of medical treatment for surgically menopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, based on the assumption that it may prevent discomfort and health problems caused by diminished circulating estrogen and progesterone hormones. The treatment involves a series of drugs designed to artificially boost hormone levels. The main types of hormones involved are estrogens, progesterone or progestins, and sometimes testosterone.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for transgender and transsexual people replaces the hormones naturally occurring in their bodies with those of the other sex. Its purpose is to cause the development of the secondary sex characteristics of the desired gender. It can not undo the changes produced by the first natural occurring puberty of transgender people, this is done by sexual reassignment surgery and for transwomen by epilation.