Understanding Your Symptoms
Why it’s tough to keep your cool.
The balancing act. Your reproductive cycle is based on a delicate balance of two hormones: estrogen and progesterone. These hormones regulate your menstrual cycle and prepare your body for pregnancy. As you mature, your ovaries naturally change the levels of these hormones they produce. When menopause occurs, it is the decrease in estrogen that causes menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats and vaginal dryness.
- Hot flashes. These occur when low estrogen levels trick your brain into thinking your body is too warm – even though it’s not. Your face and neck feel hot and may look red and flushed. You may even perspire considerably.
- Night sweats. Night sweats can wake you up, disturb your sleep patterns and deprive you of a good night’s rest.
- Vaginal dryness. The decreased levels of estrogen in your body can also cause the walls of your vagina to thin. These changes can create vaginal discomfort including dryness, itching, burning and discomfort during sex.
How long will menopause last?
Every woman experiences the stages of menopause differently and for different lengths of time. For some women, symptoms may last for many years.
But there are ways you can ease the symptoms. It is important for you to pay attention to how you are feeling and talk to your healthcare professional about it. Together, you can create a treatment plan that is right for you.
How severe are your symptoms?
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What important information should you know about ANGELIQ® tablets (drospirenone / estradiol) 0.5mg / 1mg?
ANGELIQ contains a different kind of hormone, drsp®, which may increase potassium. Therefore you should not take ANGELIQ if you have kidney, liver, or adrenal disease. Be sure to talk to your doctor about taking ANGELIQ if you regularly take other medications that can increase your potassium levels. These can include: NSAIDs-ibuprofen (Motrin®, Advil®), naproxen (Naprosyn®, Aleve®, and others) when taken long-term and daily for arthritis or other diseases or conditions, potassium-sparing diuretics (spironolactone and others), potassium supplementation, ACE inhibitors (Capoten®, Vasotec®, Zestril®, and others), angiotensin-II receptor antagonists (Cozaar®, Diovan®, Avapro®, and others), and heparin.
Do not use estrogens with or without progestins to prevent heart disease, heart attack or strokes.
Using estrogens with or without progestins may increase your chances of getting heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer and blood clots.
The most commonly reported side effects are irregular vaginal bleeding, breast pain and headaches.
Do not use ANGELIQ if you have had your uterus removed (hysterectomy), have unusual vaginal bleeding, have or have had a stroke or heart attack in the past year, currently have or have had blood clots, liver problems, or are allergic to ANGELIQ or any of its ingredients.
Estrogens with or without progestins should be used at the lowest effective doses and only for as long as menopausal symptoms persist. You and your healthcare provider should talk regularly about whether or not you still require treatment with ANGELIQ.
Motrin is the registered trademark of Johnson & Johnson Company; Advil is the registered trademark of Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Inc.; Aleve is the registered trademark of Bayer HealthCare LLC; Naprosyn is the registered trademark of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.; Capoten is the registered trademark of Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Vasotec is the registered trademark of Merck & Company, Inc.; Zestril is the registered trademark of AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical LP; Diovan is the registered trademark of Novartis Corporation; Avapro is the registered trademark of Sanofi-Aventis US, LP; Cozaar is the registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.