Tag: Menopausal symptoms

Estrogen creams are a common treatment for moderate to severe vaginal dryness, itching, and pain associated with menopause. However, specific pre-existing conditions and health risks mean it is essential to know **when not to use estrogen cream?**

Approximately 75% of women experience menopausal symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats, seeking various treatments for relief. The herbal supplement Remifemin, featuring a unique black cohosh extract, is used for managing these and other related symptoms in a hormone-free approach.

Following the 2002 publication of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescriptions plummeted by over 50% globally, leaving many doctors with a lasting caution. This caution and sometimes outright aversion are not simply due to one flawed study but are shaped by a complex interplay of historical evidence, patient-specific risks, and the evolution of medical guidelines, which sheds light on why doctors not like hormone replacement therapy.