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Obstetrics and Gynegology2021№11
The place of alternative therapy...

The place of alternative therapy in the algorithms for managing patients with climacteric syndrome in the context of personalized medicine

DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2021.11.96-102

Andreeva E.N., Absatarova Yu.S.

National Medical Research Center of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
Many women experience various climacteric manifestations. Despite the fact that menopausal hormone therapy is the gold standard for relieving hot flushes, as many as 80% of patients have used at least one alternative method in an effort to alleviate their condition. It is today known that vasomotor symptoms are a serious risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. It is the cardiovascular mortality that holds the lead in women; therefore, therapeutic measures aimed at relieving menopausal syndrome become not only the struggle for their quality of life, but also for a reduction in all-cause mortality.
This topic is especially relevant for patients with contraindications to estrogen therapy, which forces physicians to look at evidence-based medicine for a safe treatment that is adequate to the severity of manifestations. The paper provides an overview of the current drug and non-drug methods that can relieve climacteric syndrome, by evaluating their efficiency and safety: exercises, diet therapy, psychological procedures, herbal remedies, amino acids, antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), gabapentin, and neurokinin-3 receptor antagonists.
Conclusion: Thus, the modern possibilities of alternative therapy allow a physician and a patient to sufficiently widely and adequately choose drugs on the requests of a woman so that she can go through the menopausal transition comfortably and safely, by maintain her quality of life.

Keywords

menopause
climacteric syndrome
hot flushes
alternative therapy
beta-alanine
Full text (in Russian)

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Received 04.10.2021

Accepted 19.11.2021

About the Authors

Elena N. Andreeva, Dr. Med. Sci., Professor, Director of the Institute of Reproductive Medicine, National Medical Research Center of Endocrinology,
Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; Professor, A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State Medical and Dental University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation,
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-0020, 117036, Russia, Moscow, Dmitry Ulyanov str. 11.
Yulia S. Absatarova, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Department of Endocrine Gynecology, National Medical Research Center of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health
of the Russian Federation, +7(499)126-75-44, korsil2008@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0696-5367, 117036, Russia, Moscow, Dmitry Ulyanov str. 11.

Authors’ contributions: Andreeva E.N., Absatarova Yu.S. – concept and design of the investigation, writing the text; Absatarova Yu.S. – material collection and processing; Andreeva E.N. – editing.
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
Funding: The investigation has not been sponsored.
For citation: Andreeva E.N., Absatarova Yu.S. The place of alternative therapy in the algorithms for managing patients with climacteric syndrome in the context of personalized medicine.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2021; 11: 96-102 (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2021.11.96-102

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