Hot Flashes: Causes in Women and Men

Brief overview Description: Partly severe heat episodes due to dilating blood vessels and increased blood flow, common during menopause, often accompanied by pressure in the head, discomfort, palpitations, sweating. Causes: In women, often during menopause, less often in men due to declining testosterone levels; diabetes, hyperthyroidism, allergies or tumors; medications; certain foods/drinks (strong spices, hot … Hot Flashes: Causes in Women and Men

Home Remedies for Hot Flashes

Hot flashes as well as sweats are clear signs of menopause. These symptoms are harmless, so they do not necessarily need to be treated if the woman in question does not feel the need to do so. Once the body has become accustomed to the newly formed mixture of hormones, hot flashes will be a … Home Remedies for Hot Flashes

Trouble-free Through Menopause

Is this already menopause? – That’s what many women ask themselves when they suddenly sleep worse than before, sweat more or when their periods become more irregular. As early as the mid-30s, the hormone balance in a woman’s body slowly begins to change. However, the first noticeable effects of these changes usually do not appear … Trouble-free Through Menopause

Fibromatosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Fibromatosis is a skin disease characterized by proliferation of connective tissue. Unlike cancer, the growth is often benign. However, as generalized congenital fibromatosis, fibromatosis can lead to death. What is fibromatosis? People who have fibromatosis have growths in collagenous connective tissue, which are neoplastic formations. Neoplastic formations also include cancers and other forms of uncontrolled … Fibromatosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Nafarelin

Products Nafarelin is commercially available as a nasal spray (Synrelina). It has been approved in many countries since 1992. Structure and properties Nafarelin (C66H83N17O13, Mr = 1322.5 g/mol) is an agonist derivative and analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). It is present in the drug as nafarelin acetate. It is a decapeptide that is administered nasally … Nafarelin

Rhaponti Rhubarb

Products The dry extract ERr 731 (femiLoges, formerly Phyto-Strol) from the roots of rhapontic rhubarb is commercially available in Germany in tablet form. It has not yet been approved in many countries. Medicinal drug The dried roots of rhapontic rhubarb are used as a medicinal raw material, Rhei rhapontici radix. The medicinal plant is also … Rhaponti Rhubarb

Exemestane

Products Exemestane is commercially available in the form of dragées and film-coated tablets (Aromasin, generics). It has been approved in many countries since 1999. Structure and properties Exemestane (C20H24O2, Mr = 296.4 g/mol), unlike other aromatase inhibitors, has a steroidal structure and resembles the natural substrate androstenedione. It exists as a white to slightly yellowish … Exemestane

Antiandrogens

Products Antiandrogens are mainly commercially available in the form of tablets, capsules, and injectables. Among the first steroidal agents was cyproterone acetate, which was patented in the 1960s. Flutamide was the first non-steroidal agent to be approved in the 1980s. Structure and properties A distinction is made between antiandrogens with a steroidal structure (like the … Antiandrogens

Goserelin

Products Goserelin is commercially available as a solid depot (Zoladex, generic). It has been approved in many countries since 1990. Structure and properties Goserelin is an analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and is present in drugs as goserelin acetate, a decapeptide and white powder that is soluble in water. Goserelin: Pyr-Glu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-D-Ser(But)-Leu-Arg-Pro-Azgly. GnRH: Pyr-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-Gly-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly Effects Goserelin … Goserelin