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Pristiq Use For Menopause
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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Hormone replacement therapy, also known as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) or hormone therapy (HT), uses medications that contain the female hormones that the body has stopped producing after menopause. The primary reasons that women use HRT is for the relief of hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness.
Hormone replacement therapy uses either estrogen alone (known as estrogen therapy [ET]) or estrogen in combination with progestogen (known as...
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