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Personal Stories About Menopause
Inner Beauty: Actress Susan Sarandon's Story
Read about how actress Susan Sarandon handled menopause.
Inner Beauty: Actress Susan Sarandon's Story
Video: Menopause Myths
Mary Ann Clair -- 53-years old -- is in the midst of menopause and experiencing a host of menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats. Do all women experience these symptoms, or is that one of the many myths of menopause? Find out.
Video: Urinary Incontinence
Mary Lou Retton has urinary incontinence; so do many women going through menopause. Fortunately, there are many treatment options, including medication, bladder training, biofeedback, and certain exercises. Find out more.
Video: Get Success Over Stress
Menopause can be a stressful time for many women, yet there have many ways to cope with menopause stress. Find out why activities like yoga, meditation, journaling, exercise, and deep-breathing can help you get success over stress.
Video: Get Success Over Stress
Video: Women and Heart Disease
Sixty-nine-year-old Geri Simmons' family history puts her at risk for early death. Yet heart disease is the leading killer of all women. This video shows why women need to know their numbers including blood pressure and cholesterol.
Video: Women and Heart Disease
Video: A Simple Formula Predicts Early Heart Disease
Researchers at UT Health Science Center say something as simple as a math formula -- one that includes measurements of bad and good cholesterol, blood pressure, and a few other figures -- can show each of us, even teenagers, our approximate risk of developing heart disease. Find out more.
Video: A Simple Formula Predicts Early Heart Disease
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Menopause Guide
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.
