Natural products and no-hormone therapy for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms affecting menopause women

Abstract

Among menopausal women receiving hormone therapy, whether combinedor with estrogens alone, there has always been a great worryabout the side effects or the potential development of cancer.This is especially true among women that have survived breastcancer, in the event the disease may reoccur. However there arealternatives for women not willing to take these standard therapiesfor their estrogen deficiency. This revision presents the up-to-dateevidence about the efficiency and safety of these compounds usedto treat this problem.

Keywords

• Menopause
• Alternative treatment.