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What is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)?

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a system of medical treatment for surgically menopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, based on the assumption that it may prevent discomfort and health problems caused by diminished circulating estrogen and progesterone hormones.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 12 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Menopause 6 1 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 4 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Hormone replacement 4 0
Hot flashes 3 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 2 0

See all 32 patients currently taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
2
Mild
2
None
5

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). See all 25 dosages

  0.45 mg daily synthetic A, 0.625 mg daily 0.625 mg daily 0.9 mg daily 1 mg daily synthetic A, 1.25 mg daily 1.25 mg daily 2 mg daily 10 mg daily 200 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Personal research 1   Personal research: 25%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%
Other 1   Other: 25%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Currently Taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Always
6 67%
Usually
3 33%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Very
1 11%
Somewhat
1 11%
A little
1 11%
Not at all
6 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 14%
$25-49
4 57%
< $25
2 29%

Report created on February 09, 2012.