Clinical Perspective Offers Toolkit for Hormonal Management of Perimenopause

This clinical perspective describes perimenopause as a heterogeneous stage of reproductive aging that lacks specific guidelines and can be difficult to manage due to variable symptoms including mood and cognitive changes, abnormal uterine bleeding, sleep disruption, vasomotor symptoms, and sexual concerns. The authors note that hormonal contraceptives, though commonly used for symptom management, are not universally adequate or preferred, and the piece outlines alternative hormonal strategies and approaches to individualizing treatment through shared decision making while accounting for contraceptive needs and cardiometabolic risk.

Most relevant for: Clinicians managing symptomatic perimenopausal patients who require individualized decisions about contraceptive needs and cardiometabolic risk.

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