New alternative to hormonal strategy for treating women with menopausal syndrome
Menopausal hormone therapy is the «gold standard» for treating women suffering from vasomotor and psychosomatic symptoms of the menopausal transition. However, there are a number of limitations and contraindications to the appointment of hormones, and some women, for various reasons, do not want to take hormonal drugs. For these categories of patients, alternative therapy is intended, which includes a large number of different drugs, dietary supplements and non-medicinal methods of influence. inadequate or short-term effects of alternative therapy, as well as possible adverse reactions to the administration of certain drugs, lead to a constant search for new solutions to the problem of alleviating climacteric symptoms. in a series of relatively new alternatives, the cytoplasm of plant pollen extract, known in Russia under the commercial name Serelis®, is of interest. The review presents the results of studies that have studied the effectiveness of the application of Serelis® in women in menopausal and postmenopausal periods, on the basis of which the expediency of using this alternative therapy for climacteric disorders is justified.