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Thesis
Alternative Therapies To Relieve Symptoms Of Menopause
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3791
Abstract
Women in menopause experience a plethora of aggravating symptoms. Symptoms range physiologically from hot flashes and depressive symptoms (feeling tense, irritable and depressed) to decreased bone mineral density (Kittell, Kemoff-Mansfield & Voda,
1998). Until recently, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the treatment choice for relieving ailing menopausal symptoms. In 2002, the Women's Health Initiative trial found combination estrogen and progesterone (HRT) to be highly correlative with increased risk for stroke (41%), breast cancer (26%) and cardiovascular disease (29%) (National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute [NHLBI], 2003). For the purpose of this review, a collaboration of evidence-based research on non-HRT therapies has been compiled to provide practitioners and women in menopause a better understanding of which options will help alleviate menopausal symptoms. Phytoestrogen and nonphytoestrogen products have proven to relieve certain menopausal symptoms, namely hot flashes (Freedman & Dinsay, 2000; Somekawa, Chiguchi, Ishibashi & Aso, 2002). Phytoestrogens that may work to relieve hot flashes are found in soy containing products such as isoflavones and tempeh (Somekawa et aI., 2001). Non-phytoestrogen products that have been shown to relieve other menopausal symptoms such as depressive symptoms and increase bone density are found in donidine, melatonin, salmon calcitonin and raloxifene (Freedman & Dinsay, 2000).
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- Title
- Alternative Therapies To Relieve Symptoms Of Menopause
- Creators
- Traci Pelchat
- Contributors
- Margaret Auld Bruya (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590732601842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis