Treatment of Symptoms of the Menopause

For menopausal women <60 years of age or <10 years past menopause with bothersome vasomotor symptoms (VMS) (with or without additional climacteric symptoms) who do not have contraindications or excess cardiovascular or breast cancer risks and are willing to take menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), ES suggests initiating estrogen therapy (ET) for those without a uterus and estrogen plus progestogen therapy (EPT) for those with a uterus. (2-L)