Hormone replacement therapy

• Treatment algorithm
• Table of recommended products
• Transdermal patches vs tablets
• Formulary HRT drugs
• Read codes
• Oestrogen implants

HRT and the menopause tutorial

PAL

• HRT
• Menopause self help guide
• Thrombosis risk
• Breast cancer risk
• HRT risks and benefits (technical)

• HRT
  • Diagnosing the menopause
  • Indications for HRT
  • Possible benefits
  • Which regime?
  • Contra-indications
  • Alternative therapies for controlling menopausal symptoms
  • Menopause and contraception
  • Recommended products
  • Non-equine alternatives
  • Risks of HRT
    • HRT risks and benefits (Regional Drug and Therapeutics update 11/01)
  • HRT - optimising treatment  (Regional Drug and Therapeutics update 11/01)
  • Further information

2005 update

• Where are we now with hormone replacement therapy? Klim McPherson
  http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7436/357?etoc
• Benefits and harms associated with hormone replacement therapy: clinical decision analysis
  Cosetta Minelli, Keith R Abrams, Alex J Sutton, Nicola J Cooper
  http://bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/328/7436/371?etoc
• Commentary: Time to review all the evidence for hormone replacement therapy
  Fay Crawford and Peter Langhorne
  http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/330/7487/345?etoc
• Menopause Matters