NURS 6521 Week 10 Assignment - Women’s and Men’s Health, Infectious Disease, and Hematologic Disorders

I appreciate your insight on menopause and its treatment. There are many options for the treatment of menopause. While hormonal therapy (HT) has shown to be the most effective, somewomen choose not to use HT or have contraindications that prevent them from using HT. This patient has the potential to not be a candidate for HT due to her family history of breast cancer, which increases her risk of developing breast cancer. For the treatment of vasomotor symptoms, women with estrogen-sensitive cancer are generally not candidates for systemic menopausal HT (David et al, 2022). Some alternatives to HT that combat vasomotor symptoms include paroxetine or other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)/serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), gabapentin, pregabalin, or clonidine.