Therapeutic target
Normalization of the cycle interval
Therapy recommendations
Treatment depending on the causative disorder.
The therapy recommendations in this framework refer only to hormonal therapy options for:
- Contraceptive desire (contraception: estrogen-progestin combinations/anti-baby pill).
- Chronic anovulation (failure to ovulate) and desire to normalize the cycle interval (progestin monopreparations, oral).
- Estrogen deficiency
- Hyperandrogenemia (excess male sex hormones in women; treatment with: Estrogen-progestin preparations, oral, with antiandrogenic progestins: Chlormadinone acetate; cyproterone acetate; dienogest; drospirenone).
- Infertility (see under sterility, female).
If necessary, in the following clinical pictures (see under diseases with the same name):
- Hyperandrogenemia: PCO syndrome, late onset AGS (adrenogenital syndrome).
- Hyperprolactinemia: idiopathic, psychotropic drugs, prolactinoma;
- Normo-/hypogonadotropic ovarian failure: post-pill oligomenorrhea, stress, exercise, eating disorders, severe general illness, hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism (see there for therapy).
