The Menopause Society's 2022 Hormone Therapy Position Statement advises that women aged older than 65 years can continue using hormone therapy (HT) with appropriate counseling and risk assessment.
The Menopause SocietySep 10 2024 The Menopause Society's 2022 Hormone Therapy Position Statement advises that women aged older than 65 years can continue using hormone therapy with appropriate counseling and risk assessment. A new retrospective analysis demonstrates that it's not unusual for women aged as old as 80 years to still benefit from HT. Results of the analysis will be presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society in Chicago September 10-14.
The mean age of participants in the analysis was 71 years, with nearly 8% aged 80 years or older. The mean age at which participants started HT was 52 years, roughly 2 years after the mean age of menopause. On average, participants were on HT for 18 years, although 42% had been regular users for more than 20 years.
Although some adverse effects were documented, including postmenopausal bleeding, which was the most common, no strokes, myocardial infarctions, or uterine cancers were noted.
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