Treating menopausal symptoms with estrogen alone is known as estrogen therapy (ET). ET improves the symptoms of menopause, but it increases the risk of cancer of the uterus (endometrial cancer). Because of this, ET is only safe for women who don’t have a uterus (such as those who have had a hysterectomy).
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/medical-treatments/menopausal-hormone-replacement-therapy-and-cancer-risk.html
Vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) are the most com-. mon indication for hormone therapy. During meno-. pause, approximately 70% of women report hot flashes, which are more common in women with a higher body. mass index, with lower income and education, who. smoke cigarettes, or who are black.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/1201/p884.pdf
Hormone therapy reduces menopausal symptoms. 1  Hormone therapy is the most effective treatment for menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness. If women have only vaginal dryness or discomfort with intercourse, the preferred treatments are low doses of vaginal estrogen.
https://www.menopause.org/for-women/menopauseflashes/menopause-symptoms-and-treatments/the-experts-do-agree-about-hormone-therapy
◆ December 1, 2016. The results of large clinical trials have led physicians and patients to question the safety of hormone therapy for meno -. pause. In the past, physicians prescribed hormone therapy to improve overall health and prevent cardiac disease, as. well as for symptoms of menopause. Combined estrogen/progestogen therapy, but not estrogen alone, increases the. risk of breast cancer when used for more than three to five years.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/1201/p884.pdf
HRT (also known as hormone therapy, menopausal hormone therapy, and estrogen replacement therapy) uses female hormones -- estrogen and progesterone -- to treat common symptoms of menopause and aging. Doctors can prescribe it during or after menopause.
http://www.webmd.com/menopause/guide/menopause-hormone-therapy
The treatment of menopausal symptoms with MHT (estrogen alone or combined with progestin) will be reviewed here. An overview of the risks and benefits of estrogen, available hormone preparations, and an overview of menopausal therapies for women who choose not to or cannot take estrogen are discussed separately.
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-menopausal-symptoms-with-hormone-therapy
Estrogen is the most effective treatment available for relief of menopausal symptoms, most importantly hot flashes. Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT; estrogen alone or combined with a progestin) is currently indicated for management of menopausal symptoms. Long-term use for prevention of disease is no longer recommended.
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-menopausal-symptoms-with-hormone-therapy
After your period stops, your hormone levels fall, causing uncomfortable symptoms like hot flashes and vaginal dryness, and sometimes conditions like osteoporosis. HRT replaces hormones your body no longer makes. It’s the most effective treatment for menopause symptoms.
http://www.webmd.com/menopause/guide/menopause-hormone-therapy
Hormone therapy reduces menopausal symptoms. 1  Hormone therapy is the most effective treatment for menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness. 2  Hot flashes generally require a higher dose of estrogen therapy that will have an effect on the entire body. 3  Women who have had their uterus removed can take estrogen alone.
https://www.menopause.org/for-women/menopauseflashes/menopause-symptoms-and-treatments/the-experts-do-agree-about-hormone-therapy
Estrogen-progestin therapy. Treating menopausal symptoms with estrogen and progestin together is known as estrogen-progestin therapy (EPT) or combined hormone therapy. Although estrogen alone improves the symptoms of menopause, it increases the risk of cancer of the uterus ( endometrial cancer).
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/medical-treatments/menopausal-hormone-replacement-therapy-and-cancer-risk.html
hormonal treatment for menopausal symptoms
Hot flashes and vaginal dryness are symptoms of hormonal treatment for menopausal. The symptoms of hormonal treatment for menopausal includes hot flashes and vaginal dryness.