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What are some tips for peri-menopausal & menopausal women to better cope?

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Accept time of life!: Women entering peri-menopause need to adjust to a new phase of their lives. I believe that new studies suggest that a decade of estrogen replacement therapy lowers cardiovascular disease risk, if there are no contraindications.(breast ca in family or patient!) transdermal Estrogens are more expensive but do not increase risk for phlebitis and clots to the extent oral hormones do.

Answered 11/30/2014

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