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Living & Managing
Eating smart, exercise, hot flashes, incontinence, and bone health: Learn what you need to know about each of these -- and more -- as you go through menopause.
Living and Coping
Will menopause make a woman's voice change? How can you treat hot flashes? Get the answers to these and other frequently asked questions about menopause.
Healthy eating can help prevent or reduce some conditions that may develop with menopause. Learn the basic dietary guidelines to follow, which foods may reduce menopausal symptoms, and which foods may make symptoms worse.
Stress can make menopause symptoms worse, so it's important to learn how to relax. Here are six tips for how to do just that.
Hormone surges and dips throughout menopause affect your brain as well as the rest of your body. Here's what happens and why -- and how to cope.
Night sweats are a well-known symptom of perimenopause and menopause. But infections, medications, and other things can also cause night sweats. Learn whether your night sweats mean you're entering menopause -- or something else.
From anecdotal remedies to some brand-new research, it's possible to stop a hot flash in its tracks -- no hormones required. Here are six ways to cope with this menopausal symptom, hormone-free.
A healthy perspective on life and aging may help you avoid a midlife crisis. Read on to find out more!
Findings from the Women's Health Initiative study brought hormone replacement therapy under the spotlight and caused many changes. Get an at-a-glance overview of the study. This link takes you to its web site.
Symptoms such as fatigue, depression, mood swings, and sleep disturbances are frequently associated with menopause, but they may also be signs of hypothyroidism. Find out more.
Some women with epilepsy experience changes in the frequency of seizures as they enter menopause, some don't. What can you expect as menopause approaches? Find out.
Reduction in estrogen after menopause may increase your risk for osteoporosis. You can fight osteoporosis with the right type of calcium, exercise, and tests. This special section covers these issues and more.
Personal Stories
Personal stories of women coping with menopause.
VIVELLE-DOT (estradiol transdermal system) IS AVAILABLE BY PRESCRPTION ONLY.
INDICATION
Vivelle-Dot is used after menopause to: reduce moderate to severe hot flashes; treat moderate to severe dryness, itching and burning in or around the vagina; help reduce your chances of getting osteoporosis (thin weak bones); and treat certain conditions in which a young woman's ovaries do not produce enough estrogens naturally. Vivelle-Dot 0.025 mg/day is only used to prevent osteoporosis from menopause. If you use Vivelle-Dot only to treat your dryness, itching, and burning in and around your vagina or if you use Vivelle-Dot only to prevent osteoporosis from menopause, talk with your healthcare professional about whether a different treatment or medicine without estrogens might be better for you.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Estrogens increase the chances of getting cancer of the uterus (womb). Report any unusual vaginal bleeding right away while you are taking estrogens. Vaginal bleeding after menopause may be a warning sign of cancer of the uterus (womb).
Do not use estrogens with or without progestins to prevent heart disease, heart attacks, or strokes. Using estrogens with or without progestins may increase your chances of getting heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, and blood clots. Using estrogens with progestins may increase your risk of dementia (decline in memory and thinking skills).
Vivelle-Dot should not be used if you have unusual vaginal bleeding; currently have or have had certain cancers, including cancer of the breast or uterus; had a stroke or heart attack in the recent past (for example, in the past year); currently have or have had blood clots; currently have or have had liver problems; or think you may be, or know that you are, pregnant.
The most common side effects that may occur with Vivelle-Dot are headache, breast tenderness, and back pain.
You and your healthcare professional should talk regularly about whether you still need treatment with Vivelle-Dot.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Full Prescribing Information for Vivelle-Dot.
Ob-Gyn Laura Corio talks about the importance of exercise during menopause.
