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A Nutraceutical Approach to Menopausal Complaints
The menopausal transition, or perimenopause, is characterized by menstrual irregularities, vasomotor symptoms, sleep disturbances, mood symptoms, and urogenital tract atrophy. These changes can also affect the quality of life and one’s self-esteem. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is considered the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6780855/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31466381 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55090544 |
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author | De Franciscis, Pasquale Colacurci, Nicola Riemma, Gaetano Conte, Anna Pittana, Erika Guida, Maurizio Schiattarella, Antonio |
author_facet | De Franciscis, Pasquale Colacurci, Nicola Riemma, Gaetano Conte, Anna Pittana, Erika Guida, Maurizio Schiattarella, Antonio |
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description | The menopausal transition, or perimenopause, is characterized by menstrual irregularities, vasomotor symptoms, sleep disturbances, mood symptoms, and urogenital tract atrophy. These changes can also affect the quality of life and one’s self-esteem. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is considered the best option to achieve therapeutic relief of different menopausal symptoms but is usually restricted to moderate or severe symptoms. Moreover, many women refuse HRT for a variety of reasons concerning the fear of cancer and other adverse effects. According to these considerations, new topics are emerging: Dissatisfaction with drug costs and conventional healthcare, desire for personalized medicines, and the public perception that “natural is good”. In this context, nonhormonal therapies are mostly evolving, and it is not unusual that women often request a “natural” approach for their symptoms. The aim of this study is to investigate nonhormonal therapies that have been identified to reduce the menopausal symptoms. |
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spelling | pubmed-67808552019-10-30 A Nutraceutical Approach to Menopausal Complaints De Franciscis, Pasquale Colacurci, Nicola Riemma, Gaetano Conte, Anna Pittana, Erika Guida, Maurizio Schiattarella, Antonio Medicina (Kaunas) Review The menopausal transition, or perimenopause, is characterized by menstrual irregularities, vasomotor symptoms, sleep disturbances, mood symptoms, and urogenital tract atrophy. These changes can also affect the quality of life and one’s self-esteem. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is considered the best option to achieve therapeutic relief of different menopausal symptoms but is usually restricted to moderate or severe symptoms. Moreover, many women refuse HRT for a variety of reasons concerning the fear of cancer and other adverse effects. According to these considerations, new topics are emerging: Dissatisfaction with drug costs and conventional healthcare, desire for personalized medicines, and the public perception that “natural is good”. In this context, nonhormonal therapies are mostly evolving, and it is not unusual that women often request a “natural” approach for their symptoms. The aim of this study is to investigate nonhormonal therapies that have been identified to reduce the menopausal symptoms. MDPI 2019-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6780855/ /pubmed/31466381 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55090544 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review De Franciscis, Pasquale Colacurci, Nicola Riemma, Gaetano Conte, Anna Pittana, Erika Guida, Maurizio Schiattarella, Antonio A Nutraceutical Approach to Menopausal Complaints |
title | A Nutraceutical Approach to Menopausal Complaints |
title_full | A Nutraceutical Approach to Menopausal Complaints |
title_fullStr | A Nutraceutical Approach to Menopausal Complaints |
title_full_unstemmed | A Nutraceutical Approach to Menopausal Complaints |
title_short | A Nutraceutical Approach to Menopausal Complaints |
title_sort | nutraceutical approach to menopausal complaints |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6780855/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31466381 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55090544 |
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