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RESULTS OF HORMONE IMPLANTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE CLIMACTERIC
Author(s) -
SCHLEYERSAUNDERS E.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb01925.x
Subject(s) - climacteric , medicine , menopause , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , hormone therapy , hormone , depression (economics) , gynecology , cancer , physiology , testosterone (patch) , breast cancer , macroeconomics , economics
A bstract : Based on the assumption that the menopause or climacteric is due to a decline in function of the sex glands as part of the process leading to old age with all its physical and mental implications, 1,000 women and 300 men (age range, 40–75 years) were treated with hormone implants during the years 1945–1970. The advantages of the implant method are listed. This therapy resulted in a marked improvement in flushes, in general condition, in depression and fatigue, and in the local changes of the genital tract and skin; the patients looked better and younger. The arguments against hormone treatment (especially with oestrogen) are: 1) it might cause post‐menopausal bleeding, and 2) it might produce cancer. In our series, the incidences of bleeding and of cancer were lower in the hormonally treated women than in the women who did not receive hormone therapy. This evidence combined with that in the literature indicates that menopausal patients need not be deprived of the benefits of hormone therapy, which will contribute greatly to their well‐being and may at least delay the development of degenerative diseases.