Treatments
What actually helps, and what it costs here
Registered treatments first, honest evidence ratings, and real peso prices. Your doctor decides what suits you.
Main options
- HRT for menopauseOptions sold in the Philippines, prices and how to get a prescription.
- Nakaka-cancer ba ang HRT?The risk, in numbers you can picture.
- Non-hormonal optionsGamot sa menopause na hindi hormone, rated.
- Vaginal estrogenFor dryness, painful sex and bladder symptoms.
- Supplements, rated honestlyFemarelle, black cohosh, evening primrose and more.
- Bioidentical hormonesWhat natural really means, registered vs compounded.
- What it costsThe HRT cost calculator and all-in yearly costs.
Medicine guides
- Micronized progesterone (Utrogestan)Protecting the womb lining when you take estrogen and still have a uterus. Also used in pregnancy and fertility care, which is a separate topic.
- Dydrogesterone (Duphaston)Protecting the womb lining as the progestogen part of HRT. Much more often searched for pregnancy and period problems, which are separate uses.
- Estradiol gel (Oestrogel)Hot flashes, night sweats and other menopause symptoms; also helps protect bones.
- Tibolone (Amena)Menopause symptoms after periods have stopped for at least a year, in one daily tablet that does not need a separate progestogen.
- Conjugated estrogens (Premarin)Hot flashes, night sweats and other menopause symptoms. The estrogen used in the WHI studies.
- Estradiol (gel, patches and tablets)Hot flashes, night sweats and other menopause symptoms; bone protection.
- Medroxyprogesterone acetate (Provera)Protecting the womb lining as the progestogen part of HRT.
- Vaginal estradiol (Vagifem)Vaginal dryness, pain with sex and some bladder symptoms (genitourinary syndrome of menopause).
- Estriol cream (Ovestin)Vaginal dryness, pain with sex and some bladder symptoms (genitourinary syndrome of menopause).
- Paroxetine (Seroxat) for hot flashesHot flashes when hormone therapy is not suitable or not wanted; also mood symptoms.
- Gabapentin for hot flashesHot flashes and night sweats when hormone therapy is not suitable or not wanted (off-label use).
- Fezolinetant (Veozah)Moderate to severe hot flashes, without hormones. Approved in the US in May 2023.