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Most women using hormone therapy (HT) will elect to discontinue use at some point; however, the return of symptoms can be challenging for them as well as their clinicians. In a study designed to define the strategies used by women who successfully stop HT, a telephone survey was completed by 1358 women (age range, 45–70) enrolled in two large health plans. Participants had used estrogen during a 17-month period in 2005 and 2006 and were queried about their attempts to discontinue HT, menopausal symptoms, and depression. In all, 465 respondents successfully stopped HT and 337 attempted but were unable to stop during the study period.
Compared with women who were unable to discontinue HT, those who stopped made fewer attempts to do so, had use…