Hormone replacement therapy : Practical dilemma?

Abstract

Since the 6th International Congress on the Menopause which was held in Bangkok in the year 1990, there has been a continuing controversy over the concept of the menopause. Some regard it as merely a physiologic change which need no additional medical therapy while others considered menopause as an endocri nologic disorder which need effective medical intervention. These are probably stemmed form the different approaches in understanding the menopause of experts from various professionals ie psychologist, socialist, humanitarian naturalist, medicine, etc. This debates has put many physicians who are supposed to be knowledge able to prescribe HRT, into practica dilemma.