The first oral prescription treatment that does not contain hormones, for post-menopausal women with moderate to severe symptomatic vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) 1-3
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- https://thebms.org.uk/
- The British Menopause Society provides tailored, unbiased and accurate menopausal advice for women, provided by experts. [last access: June 24]
- https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/
- An award winning, independent website providing up-to-date, accurate information about the menopause, menopausal symptoms and treatment options. [last access: June 2024]
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- https://www.bmj.com
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- https://www.issuesandanswers.org/
- Primary Care Issues and Answers. An innovative resource for all the primary care team, including GPs, GPwSIs, practice nurses and pharmacists. Everything here has been developed with the generous support of experts [last access: June 2024]
- Menopause Quality Standard (QS143, published Feb 2017) available at https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs143 [last access: June 2024]
- Download the joint RCOG and BMS response to the Guideline(published Nov 2015) [last access: June 2024]
- NICE guideline Menopause: diagnosis and management published Nov 2015 updated Dec 2019) available at
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG23 [last access: June 2024]
- The Information for Patients version (published Nov 2015 updated Dec 2019) is available at https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23/informationforpublic [last access: June 2024]
- NICE: Menopause Diagnosis and Management from Guideline to Practice – Guideline Summary[PDF, 412KB] [last access: September 2022]
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- HRT Guide[PDF, 251KB]
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