| In recent months
and years, there has been a great deal of confusion concerning
menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The FDA regulates
the drugs that make up different kinds of HRT, and has changed
information on drug labels as new scientific information becomes
available.
Information from the FDA
Bio-Identicals: Sorting Myths from Facts (Consumer Article)
Menopause & Hormones: A Web portal that links to the
latest information.
Menopause and Hormones (Fact
Sheet, July 2005)
La menopausia
y las hormonas (Spanish-language Fact
Sheet, July 2005)
Menopause and Hormones (Purse
Guide--Questions for doctor)
La menopausia
y las hormonas ¿Qué podemos creer? (Spanish-language
purse guide and questions for doctor)
FDA Updates
Hormone Therapy Information for Post Menopausal Women (Press
Release, 2-14-2004)
Home-Use Tests--Menopause
Center
for Devices and Radiological Health
Menopausal Hormone
Therapy (FDA Consumer magazine)
Discusses recent findings from the Women's Health Initiative
Study, the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy
FDA Approves New Labeling and Provides New Advice to Postmenopausal
Women Who Use or Who Are Considering Using Estrogen and Estrogen
With Progestin (FDA Fact Sheet)
Estrogen
and Estrogen with Progestin Therapies for Postmenopausal Women
Includes
updated labeling.
The Estrogen
and Progestin Dilemma: New Advice, Labeling Guidelines (FDA
Consumer magazine)
Updated
Labeling for Estrogen and Estrogen-Progestin Products for
Postmenopausal Women
Includes approved labeling for Prempro
and Premarin
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Safety-Related
Labeling Changes for Prempro
MedWatch
FDA Approves New Labels for Estrogen and Estrogen with Progestin
Therapies for Postmenopausal Women Following Review of Women's
Health Initiative Data (Press Release, 1-8-2003)
FDA Statement
on the Results of the Women's Health Initiative (8/13/2002)
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
(CDER)
FDA Approves
Lower Dose of Prempro, a Combination Estrogen and Progestin
Drug for Postmenopausal Women (Press Release,
3-13-2003)
Drugs@FDA: This site allows users to research the safety and
effectiveness of various medications that might be used to
manage symptoms of menopause.
Information from Other Government Agencies
Menopause Information Kit
Free information in English and Spanish.
Federal Citizen Information Center
Menopausal Hormone
Replacement Therapy Information
Findings
from the Women's Health Initiative Study and other information
(includes news from April 2006)
National
Institutes of Health (NIH)
Menopause and Hormone
Therapy: Online resource center
National
Women's Health Information Center
Menopausal Hormone Therapy (and Heart Disease)
National
Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes
of Health
Information on Hormone Replacement Therapy
Medline
Plus, National Library of Medicine, National Insitutes of Health
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