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==Overview==
==Overview==
Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended among patients with [[hypothalamic]] causes, [[pituitary]] causes, [[ovarian]] insufficiency, and chronic anovulation. The general principle of the treatment in amenorrhea is sex [[hormones replacement therapy]], mostly with suitable forms of [[estrogen]] and [[progesterone]].




==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==
*Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended among patients with [disease subclass 1], [disease subclass 2], and [disease subclass 3].
*Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended among patients with [hypothalamic] causes, [pituitary] causes, [ovarian] insufficiency, and chronic anovulation.
*Pharmacologic medical therapies for [disease name] include (either) [therapy 1], [therapy 2], and/or [therapy 3].
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*Patients with [disease subclass 1] are treated with [therapy 1], whereas patients with [disease subclass 2] are treated [therapy 2].
===Amenorrhea===
===Amenorrhea===
*'''1 - Hypothalamic causes'''
*'''1 - Hypothalamic causes'''
**1.1.1 '''Adult'''
**1.1 '''Adult'''
***Preferred regimen (1): [[Alora]] 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly
***Preferred regimen (1): [[Alora]] 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Preferred regimen (2): [[Climara]] 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied once weekly
***Preferred regimen (2): [[Climara]] 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied once weekly '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Preferred regimen (3): [[Esclim]] 0.025, 0.0375, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly
***Preferred regimen (3): [[Esclim]] 0.025, 0.0375, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Preferred regimen (4): [[Vivelledot|Vivelle-dot]] 0.037, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly
***Preferred regimen (4): [[Vivelledot|Vivelle-dot]] 0.037, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Preferred regimen (5): [[Premarin]] 0.625-1.25 mg PO daily
***Preferred regimen (5): [[Premarin]] 0.625-1.25 mg PO daily '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Preferred regimen (6): [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Alternative regimen (1): [[drug name]] 500 mg PO q6h for 7–10 days
***Alternative regimen (2): [[drug name]] 500 mg PO q12h for 14–21 days
***Alternative regimen (3): [[drug name]] 500 mg PO q6h for 14–21 days
**1.1.2 '''Pediatric'''
***Preferred regimen (1): [[drug name]] 50 mg/kg PO per day q8h (maximum, 500 mg per dose)
***Preferred regimen (2): [[drug name]] 30 mg/kg PO per day in 2 divided doses (maximum, 500 mg per dose)
***Alternative regimen (1): [[drug name]]10 mg/kg PO q6h (maximum, 500 mg per day)
***Alternative regimen (2): [[drug name]] 7.5 mg/kg PO q12h (maximum, 500 mg per dose)
***Alternative regimen (3): [[drug name]] 12.5 mg/kg PO q6h (maximum, 500 mg per dose)
 
*'''2 - Pituitary causes'''
*'''2 - Pituitary causes'''
**1.1.1 '''Adult'''
**2.1 '''Hyperprolactinemia'''
***Preferred regimen (1): [[drug name]] 100 mg PO q12h for 10-21 days '''(Contraindications/specific instructions)'''
***2.1.1 '''Drug-induced hyperprolactinemia'''
***Preferred regimen (2): [[drug name]] 500 mg PO q8h for 14-21 days
****Preferred regimen (1): Micronized 17-β [[estradiol]] 1-2 mg PO daily '''''PLUS''''' [[medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 2.5-5.0 mg PO daily (continuous)
***Preferred regimen (3): [[drug name]] 500 mg q12h for 14-21 days
****Preferred regimen (2): Micronized 17-β [[estradiol]] 1-2 mg PO daily '''''PLUS''''' [[medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month (sequential)
***Alternative regimen (1): [[drug name]] 500 mg PO q6h for 7–10 days
****Preferred regimen (3): 17-β [[estradiol]] 1-2 mg [[transdermal]] daily '''''PLUS''''' micronized [[progesterone]] 100 mg PO daily (continuous)
***Alternative regimen (2): [[drug name]] 500 mg PO q12h for 14–21 days
****Preferred regimen (4): 17-β [[estradiol]] 1-2 mg [[transdermal]] daily '''''PLUS''''' micronized [[progesterone]] 200 mg PO for 12 days each month (sequential)
***Alternative regimen (3): [[drug name]] 500 mg PO q6h for 14–21 days
****Alternative regimen (1): [[Cabergoline]] 0.25 mg PO twice weekly
 
***2.1.2 '''Prolactinoma'''
** 1.1.2 '''Pediatric'''
****Preferred regimen (1): [[Cabergoline]] 0.25 mg PO twice weekly (can increase to 0.25 mg four times a week up to 1 mg twice weekly)
*** Preferred regimen (1): [[drug name]] 50 mg/kg PO per day q8h (maximum, 500 mg per dose)
****Preferred regimen (2): [[Bromocriptine]] 1.25-2.5 mg PO daily initially (may increase by 2.5 mg/day every 2-7 days). Up to 30 mg PO daily
*** Preferred regimen (2): [[drug name]] 30 mg/kg PO per day in 2 divided doses (maximum, 500 mg per dose)
****Preferred regimen (3): [[Alora]] 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Alternative regimen (1): [[drug name]]10 mg/kg PO q6h (maximum, 500 mg per day)
****Preferred regimen (4): [[Climara]] 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied once weekly '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Alternative regimen (2): [[drug name]] 7.5 mg/kg PO q12h (maximum, 500 mg per dose)
****Preferred regimen (5): [[Esclim]] 0.025, 0.0375, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***Alternative regimen (3): [[drug name]] 12.5 mg/kg PO q6h (maximum, 500 mg per dose)
****Preferred regimen (6): [[Vivelledot|Vivelle-dot]] 0.037, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1 mg [[transdermal]] daily, applied twice weekly '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
 
****Preferred regimen (7): [[Premarin]] 0.625-1.25 mg PO daily '''''PLUS''''' [[Medroxyprogesterone acetate]] 10 mg PO for 12 days each month
***2.1.3 '''Resistant and malignant prolactinoma'''
****Preferred regimen (1): [[Cabergoline]] 1 mg PO twice weekly
****Preferred regimen (2): [[Bromocriptine]] 30 mg PO daily
****Preferred regimen (3): [[Temozolomide]] 150–200 mg/m2 IV infusion for five of every 28 days<ref name="pmid22584716">{{cite journal| author=Ortiz LD, Syro LV, Scheithauer BW, Rotondo F, Uribe H, Fadul CE et al.| title=Temozolomide in aggressive pituitary adenomas and carcinomas. | journal=Clinics (Sao Paulo) | year= 2012 | volume= 67 Suppl 1 | issue=  | pages= 119-23 | pmid=22584716 | doi= | pmc=3328813 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22584716  }} </ref>
***2.1.4 '''Prolactinoma during pregnancy'''
****Preferred regimen (1): [[Bromocriptine]] 1.25-2.5 mg PO daily initially (may increase by 2.5 mg/day every 2-7 days). Up to 30 mg PO daily
* '''3 - Ovary insufficiency'''
* '''3 - Ovary insufficiency'''
** 3.1 '''Premature ovarian insufficiency'''<ref name="pmid28426619">{{cite journal |vauthors= |title=Committee Opinion No. 698: Hormone Therapy in Primary Ovarian Insufficiency |journal=Obstet Gynecol |volume=129 |issue=5 |pages=e134–e141 |year=2017 |pmid=28426619 |doi=10.1097/AOG.0000000000002044 |url=}}</ref>
** 3.1 '''Premature ovarian insufficiency'''<ref name="pmid28426619">{{cite journal |vauthors= |title=Committee Opinion No. 698: Hormone Therapy in Primary Ovarian Insufficiency |journal=Obstet Gynecol |volume=129 |issue=5 |pages=e134–e141 |year=2017 |pmid=28426619 |doi=10.1097/AOG.0000000000002044 |url=}}</ref>
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***4.1.2 '''Pediatric'''
***4.1.2 '''Pediatric'''
****Preferred regimen (1): [[Metformin]] 1.50–2.55 g PO per day<ref name="GlueckWang2001">{{cite journal|last1=Glueck|first1=C.J|last2=Wang|first2=Ping|last3=Fontaine|first3=Robert|last4=Tracy|first4=Trent|last5=Sieve-Smith|first5=Luann|title=Metformin to restore normal menses in oligo-amenorrheic teenage girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)11The full text of this article is available via JAH Online at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jahonline.|journal=Journal of Adolescent Health|volume=29|issue=3|year=2001|pages=160–169|issn=1054139X|doi=10.1016/S1054-139X(01)00202-6}}</ref>  
****Preferred regimen (1): [[Metformin]] 1.50–2.55 g PO per day<ref name="GlueckWang2001">{{cite journal|last1=Glueck|first1=C.J|last2=Wang|first2=Ping|last3=Fontaine|first3=Robert|last4=Tracy|first4=Trent|last5=Sieve-Smith|first5=Luann|title=Metformin to restore normal menses in oligo-amenorrheic teenage girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)11The full text of this article is available via JAH Online at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jahonline.|journal=Journal of Adolescent Health|volume=29|issue=3|year=2001|pages=160–169|issn=1054139X|doi=10.1016/S1054-139X(01)00202-6}}</ref>  
===Lifestyle Changes===
The best way to treat 'athletic' amenorrhoea is to decrease the amount and intensity of exercise. Weight gain may be helpful as well. To prevent osteoporosis, consider oral contraceptives. Pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) or exogenous gonadotropins may be necessary.
===Pharmacotherapy===
Hormone replacement therapy should be considered for ovarian failure. Unless receiving eggs from an [[egg donor]] or invitro fertilization, a woman is unable to conceive while she is amenorrhoeic. On the other hand, 'athletic' and drug-induced amenorrhoea has no effect on long term fertility as long as menstruation can recommence.  Similarly, to treat drug-induced amenorrhea, stopping the medication on the advice of a doctor is the usual course of action.
In [[polycystic ovarian disease]] the following may be helpful:
* To decrease peripheral [[estrogen]], reduce weight
* To decrease ovarian [[androgen]] secretion, consider [[oral contraceptive]]s
* [[Clomiphene]] enhances fertility
* [[Endometrial hyperplasia]] is prevented by cyclic [[progesterone]]
===Psychological Counseling===
Psychological counseling may be helpful if there is the presence of a Y chromosome or absent mullerian organs.


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Eiman Ghaffarpasand, M.D. [2]

Overview

Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended among patients with hypothalamic causes, pituitary causes, ovarian insufficiency, and chronic anovulation. The general principle of the treatment in amenorrhea is sex hormones replacement therapy, mostly with suitable forms of estrogen and progesterone.


Medical Therapy

  • Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended among patients with [hypothalamic] causes, [pituitary] causes, [ovarian] insufficiency, and chronic anovulation.

Amenorrhea

  • 1 - Hypothalamic causes
  • 2 - Pituitary causes
  • 3 - Ovary insufficiency
    • 3.1 Premature ovarian insufficiency[2]
    • 3.2 Turner syndrome[3]
      • 3.2.1 12-13 years old
        • Preferred regimen (1): Depot 17-β estradiol 0.2–0.4 mg IM every month
        • Alternative regimen (1): 17-β estradiol 6.25 μg transdermal daily
        • Alternative regimen (2): Micronized 17-β estradiol 0.25 mg PO daily
      • 3.2.2 12.5-15 years old
        • Gradually increase 17-β estradiol dose over about 2 years (e.g., 14, 25, 37, 50, 75, 100, 200 μg daily via patch) to adult dose, as following:
          • Preferred regimen (1): 17-β estradiol 100–200 μg transdermal daily
          • Preferred regimen (2): Micronized estradiol 2–4 mg PO daily
          • Preferred regimen (3): Ethinyl estradiol 20 μg PO daily
          • Preferred regimen (4): Conjugated equine estrogen 1.25–2.5 mg PO daily
      • 3.2.3 14-16 years old
        • Preferred regimen (1): Micronized progesterone 200 mg PO daily on the 20th–30th days of monthly cycle
        • Preferred regimen (2): Micronized progesterone 200 mg PO daily on the 100th–120th days of 3-month cycle 
  • 4 - Chronic anovulation

References

  1. Ortiz LD, Syro LV, Scheithauer BW, Rotondo F, Uribe H, Fadul CE; et al. (2012). "Temozolomide in aggressive pituitary adenomas and carcinomas". Clinics (Sao Paulo). 67 Suppl 1: 119–23. PMC 3328813. PMID 22584716.
  2. "Committee Opinion No. 698: Hormone Therapy in Primary Ovarian Insufficiency". Obstet Gynecol. 129 (5): e134–e141. 2017. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000002044. PMID 28426619.
  3. Bondy, Carolyn A. (2007). "Care of Girls and Women with Turner Syndrome: A Guideline of the Turner Syndrome Study Group". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 92 (1): 10–25. doi:10.1210/jc.2006-1374. ISSN 0021-972X.
  4. Dickey RP, Taylor SN, Curole DN, Rye PH, Pyrzak R (1996). "Incidence of spontaneous abortion in clomiphene pregnancies". Hum. Reprod. 11 (12): 2623–8. PMID 9021363.
  5. Harborne L, Fleming R, Lyall H, Norman J, Sattar N (2003). "Descriptive review of the evidence for the use of metformin in polycystic ovary syndrome". Lancet. 361 (9372): 1894–901. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13493-9. PMID 12788588.
  6. Balasch J, Fábregues F, Creus M, Casamitjana R, Puerto B, Vanrell JA (2000). "Recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone for ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome: a prospective, randomized trial of two starting doses in a chronic low-dose step-up protocol". J. Assist. Reprod. Genet. 17 (10): 561–5. PMC 3455454. PMID 11209536.
  7. Steiner AZ, Terplan M, Paulson RJ (2005). "Comparison of tamoxifen and clomiphene citrate for ovulation induction: a meta-analysis". Hum. Reprod. 20 (6): 1511–5. doi:10.1093/humrep/deh840. PMID 15845599.
  8. Sabuncu T, Harma M, Harma M, Nazligul Y, Kilic F (2003). "Sibutramine has a positive effect on clinical and metabolic parameters in obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome". Fertil. Steril. 80 (5): 1199–204. PMID 14607575.
  9. Jayagopal V, Kilpatrick ES, Holding S, Jennings PE, Atkin SL (2005). "Orlistat is as beneficial as metformin in the treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 90 (2): 729–33. doi:10.1210/jc.2004-0176. PMID 15536162.
  10. Azziz R, Ehrmann D, Legro RS, Whitcomb RW, Hanley R, Fereshetian AG, O'Keefe M, Ghazzi MN (2001). "Troglitazone improves ovulation and hirsutism in the polycystic ovary syndrome: a multicenter, double blind, placebo-controlled trial". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 86 (4): 1626–32. doi:10.1210/jcem.86.4.7375. PMID 11297595.
  11. Wang CF, Gemzell C (1980). "The use of human gonadotropins for the induction of ovulation in women with polycystic ovarian disease". Fertil. Steril. 33 (5): 479–86. PMID 6768596.
  12. Glueck, C.J; Wang, Ping; Fontaine, Robert; Tracy, Trent; Sieve-Smith, Luann (2001). "Metformin to restore normal menses in oligo-amenorrheic teenage girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)11The full text of this article is available via JAH Online at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jahonline". Journal of Adolescent Health. 29 (3): 160–169. doi:10.1016/S1054-139X(01)00202-6. ISSN 1054-139X. External link in |title= (help)


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