Short Description: Preparations: In women, estrogen-progestin preparations, estrogen preparations and tibolone preparations. Men are treated with testosterone preparations. Side effects: Hormone replacement therapy can prevent heart attacks, but it can also increase the risk of strokes, blood vessel blockages, and breast cancer. Menstrual bleeding may also occur. When is it used: In cases of severe … Hormone Replacement Therapy: Side Effects
For most, it begins insidiously: the nights of love in the early days turn into waking nights of screaming children and periods of too little sleep after way too much work in middle age. If you look ahead from there, you see hair loss, hormonal imbalances and waning passion pass before your mind’s eye. Not … Sexuality during Menopause
Products Transdermal patches are approved as medicinal products. They offer themselves as an alternative to other modes of application such as peroral and parenteral administration. The first products were launched in the 1970s. Structure and properties Transdermal patches are flexible pharmaceutical preparations of varying sizes and thinness that contain one or more active ingredients. They … Transdermal Patches
The yellow flowering medicinal plant St. John’s wort grows throughout Europe, as well as in parts of America, Asia and North Africa. Its Latin name is Hypericum perforatum. Occurrence and cultivation of St. John’s wort St. John’s wort owes its name to the fact that it begins to bloom around June 24, the feast of … St. Johns Wort: Applications, Treatments, Health Benefits
Symptoms Sporadic, frequent, or chronic in onset: A bilateral pain originating in the forehead and extending along the sides of the head to the occipital bone at the back of the skull Pain quality: pulling, pressing, constricting, non-pulsating. Duration between 30 minutes and 7 days Mild to moderate pain, normal daily activities are possible Radiation … Tension Headache
Products Estradiol is commercially available in tablet, transdermal patch, transdermal gel, vaginal ring, and vaginal tablet forms, among others. It is also combined fixed with progestogens. Structure and properties Estradiol (C18H24O2, Mr = Mr = 272.4 g/mol) exists as a white crystalline powder that is practically insoluble in water. Synthetic estradiol is bioidentical with human … Estradiol
A cannula represents a hollow needle used as part of a syringe to penetrate human or animal tissue to inject or withdraw fluids. In medicine, it is used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Needles are now almost exclusively used only once for routine procedures for hygienic reasons. What is a cannula? Cannulas are hollow needles … Cannula: Applications & Health Benefits
Products Drospirenone is commercially available as a fixed combination with ethinyl estradiol for contraception in the form of film-coated tablets (Yasmin, Yasminelle, YAZ, generics, auto-generics). Drospirenone is also used in combination with estradiol for hormone replacement therapy (Angeliq). Bayer’s originals Yasmin, Yasminelle and YAZ will go off the market in many countries in December 2021. … Drospirenone
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be used during a woman’s menopause and well beyond. This is the period when the ovaries gradually stop producing hormones and the body’s production of the hormones estrogen and progestin stops. Hormone replacement therapy is used, among other things, to relieve menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, loss of libido, … Hormone Replacement Therapy: Treatment, Effects & Risks
Hormone patches represent a hormone replacement therapy that can be self-applied by the patient and used for prolonged hormonal imbalances, contraception, or to treat menopause when numerous symptoms are present. The short-term efficacy of hormone patches has not been disputed to date. However, in long-term use as a contraceptive and menopausal therapeutic, hormone patches are … Hormone Patch: Effect, Uses & Risks
Products Red clover is commercially available in the form of capsules, tablets, as a tea and medicinal drug (Trifolii rubri flos), among others. It is mainly marketed as a food supplement. Stem plant Red clover belongs to the legume family (Fabaceae). The herb is found in many meadows and fields in this country and is … Red Clover
Ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS for short, is a form of breast cancer detected very early. The breast cancer tumor is still confined to the milk ducts and could not metastasize. Therefore, ductal carcinoma in situ always curable and has good prognosis. What is ductal carcinoma in situ? Not all lumps in the breast, … Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
