Despite more than a third of women reporting moderate to severe menopause symptoms in 2021, few sought treatment, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Women reported being too busy, unaware of effective treatment and concerned about the safety of hormone therapy as reasons why they didn’t seek out treatment to alleviate their symptoms.
The study’s findings come during growing awareness of menopause and the drugs that treat it, a welcome change for physicians who see patients with the common condition.
In November last year, the Food and Drug Administration announced it was lifting a black-box warning on hormone therapy drugs used to treat menopause, which warned of an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
That warning, which was ushered in by a 2002 study conducted by the Women’s Health Initiative, dissuaded physicians from prescribing these drugs, shown through research to be safe wit
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