Complementary and alternative therapy for menopausal symptoms
Objective. To carry out a systematic analysis of the data available in the literature on alternative therapy for symptoms occurring in women during the menopause transition and postmenopause.Kuznetsova I.V., Burchakov D.I.
Material and methods. Foreign and Russian articles published in the past 15 years were sought in the international database Pubmed for analysis.
Results. The data of investigations of the efficiency of therapy for menopausal symptoms with nonhormonal medicines, herbal remedies, biologically active food additives, and non-drug therapies are systematized. In most studies, the criterion for evaluating the therapeutic effect is the frequency and severity of hot flushes. It is noted that alternative techniques can demonstrate a positive impact on other pathological menopausal symptoms.
Conclusion. Alternative therapy options need to be further investigated and assessed not only from the standpoint of a reduction in vasomotor symptoms, but also with regard to the effects against other clinically significant menopausal disorders.
Keywords
menopause
vasomotor symptoms
alternative therapy
phytotherapy
non-drug treatment for hot flushes
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Received 08.09.2017
Accepted 22.09.2017
About the Authors
Irina Vsevolodovna Kuznetsova, MD, professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 1, Therapeutic Faculty, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. 119992, Russia, Moscow, Malaya Trubetskaya str. 8, bld. 2Denis Igorevich Burchakov, clinical resident of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 1, Therapeutic Faculty, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. 119992, Russia, Moscow, Malaya Trubetskaya str. 8, bld. 2
For citations: Kuznetsova I.V., Burchakov D.I. Complementary and alternative therapy for menopausal symptoms. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017; (11): 168-75. (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2017.11.168-175
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