Efficacy of pulsed estrogen therapy in relatively younger patients with surgically induced menopause
Human Reproduction, cilt.19, sa.1, ss.210-213, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2004
- Doi Numarası: 10.1093/humrep/deh011
- Dergi Adı: Human Reproduction
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.210-213
- Anahtar Kelimeler: menopause, pulsed estrogen therapy, surgically induced menopause
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: Pulsed estrogen therapy is a new approach in estrogen replacement therapy. We carried out a prospective study to evaluate the efficacy of pulsed estrogen therapy in relatively younger patients with surgically induced menopause. Methods: Patients (n = 138) <45 years old and suffering from severe vasomotor symptoms secondary to surgically induced menopause were included in the study. After the initiation of pulsed estrogen therapy (300 μg/day), the patients were re-evaluated every 4 weeks. The dose was increased at each follow-up, if necessary (to a maximum of 600 μg/day). The patients who preferred another method after the first 12 weeks were prescribed oral conjugated estrogen (0.625 mg/day) and at the end of the second 12 weeks their satisfaction levels were assessed. Results: At the end of the first 12 weeks, 26 patients were completely satisfied (18.8%) and 47 were moderately satisfied (34.1%), whereas 65 concluded that the pulsed estrogen therapy they received was ineffective (47.1%). At the end of the second 12 weeks, all the patients were completely satisfied. Conclusion: Pulsed estrogen therapy for 12 weeks reduced the frequency of hot flushes in relatively younger patients with surgically induced menopause; however, 81.2% of patients were not completely satisfied at the end of this period.