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 NON PRESCRIPTION OPTIONS

• PHYTOESTROGENS

•  Naturally occurring estrogen-like substances found incertain foods

---Isoflavones found in soybeans, chickpeas

tofu, tempeh, miso, soy

---Lignans – found in flaxseed husks and isolated in oils

--- Coumestans  – found in red clover, sunflower seeds, bean sprouts

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 NON PRESCRIPTION

• Vitamin E

• Black Cohash

• Dong Quai• St. John’s Wort

• Licorice

• Chasteberry

• Evening primrose oil

• Velarian root

• Wild Mexican Yam

• Ginseng

• Liberty tea

• Estroven , promensil

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PRESCRIPTIONS

 NON-HORMONAL:

• Anti-Depressants: Venlafaxine, paroxetine, fluoxetine, citalopram

• Blood Pressure Medication: clonidine

• Other: gabapentin, bellergal

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HORMONES

• Estrogens

• Progestins

• Androgens

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Hormones can be made from:

• Plant sources

•Animal sources

• Synthetic

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DELIVERY SYSTEMS• PILLS

• PATCH

• INJECTION

• CREAM / GEL

• IUD

• RING

Continuous

Sequential

Cyclic

Combined

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BIOIDENTICAL HORMONES

• Plant-derived

hormones chemically

similar or identical tothose in the body.

• Can be oral, absorbed

from under the tongue,

implants, injections, or 

suppositories.

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COMPOUNDED HORMONES

• Agents prepared,

mixed, packaged or 

labeled by a pharmacist, custom

made for a patient

according to a

 physician’s or  provider’s

specifications.

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Women’s Health InitiativeWomen’s Health Initiative

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Use through time

Treat symptoms:

Hot flashes and night sweats

Prevention:

Osteoporosis

cardiovascular 

2002:WHI

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