Doctors update guidance on menopause symptoms for first time in 12 years

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 12:48 · Archive

The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists has released new guidance on managing menopause symptoms including hot flashes and night sweats.

The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists has released updated guidance on managing menopause symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats and sleep changes. This is the first update in twelve years. The new advice emphasises both hormone therapies and various nonhormonal options for treatment.

More than half of women in menopause experience vasomotor issues such as hot flashes and night sweats. As many as two-thirds report menopause-related sleep disruption, and more than a third of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women worldwide report depressive symptoms. Doctors say there is growing consensus that these symptoms should be treated rather than endured silently as many women have done in the past.

Doctors are stressing the importance of hormone therapies, which many women are reconsidering after the removal of federal safety warnings. The Food and Drug Administration has been taking steps to ensure an adequate supply. Dr Camille Clare, the group's president, said the organisation would like patients to consult their OB-GYNs about menopause treatment. Dr JoAnn Manson, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, said the new guidelines are similar to those from other medical organisations and should empower women to discuss their symptoms with healthcare providers.

How it is being reported

• There's new guidance on menopause symptoms like hot flashes. What women need to knowFor the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come along with menopause.Clickorlando · 31 Oct, 12:02
• There's new guidance on menopause symptoms like hot flashes. What women need to knowFor the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come along with menopause.News4Jax · 31 Oct, 12:02

In this story: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists · Food and Drug Administration · Dr Camille Clare · Dr JoAnn Manson · Harvard Medical School · United States

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