Alterações cognitivas em mulheres com quadros depressivos na perimenopausa: o efeito da terapia de reposição hormonal com estradiol transdérmico / Cognitive alterations in perimenopaused women with clinical depression: estradiol transdermic hormone replacement therapy effects

A perimenopausa é a fase da vida reprodutiva feminina caracterizada diversas alterações, inclusive cognitivas devido ao hipoestrogenismo. Através de estudo duplo-cego randomizado com 16 mulheres na perimenopausa deprimidas que receberam estradiol e 16 que receberam placebo analisou-se as alterações cognitivas da atenção, memória e linguagem; o efeito da reposição hormonal com estradiol e a correlação entre os sintomas depressivos e menopausais com as alterações destas funções. Os resultados mostraram: melhora do controle inibitório, memória imediata e tardia (verbal e visual) e da capacidade de nomeação nos dois grupos; melhora dos sintomas depressivos e menopausais para o grupo que recebeu reposição hormonal: e não correlação entre a melhora destes sintomas e a melhora das funções cognitivas.

Perimenopause is the female reproductive life period characterized by several changes including cognitive impairments related to hypoestrogenism. In a randomized double-blind study 16 depressive perimenopaused women took estradiol, while another group of 16 depressive perimenopaused women took placebo. Cognitive alterations associated to attention, memory and language, and estradiol hormone replacement therapy effects were evaluated. In addition, correlations among symptoms of depression and menopause, and cognitive alterations were also analyzed. The results had shown, in both groups, an improvement in inhibitory mental control, in immediate and delayed (verbal and visual) memory, and in naming capacity. In the group that received hormone replacement therapy our findings revealed a weakening of depression and menopause symptoms, which had shown no correlation with cognitive functions.

[Suppression of lactation by using a trihormone preparation]. / Inhibición de la lactanca mediante un preparado trihormonal.

PIP: Ablacton, and andro-estro-progestagen hormone combination, was administered to 59 postpartum and postcurettage patients to suppress lactation: primary inhibition was attempted in 40 cases and secondary in 19. In primary suppression, results were excellent in 83.5% of the cases, good in 10.0% and bad in 2.5%. In secondary suppression, results were excellent in all cases. The suppression of lactation was total and permanent. Tolerance to medication was very good. Because of the very small number of cases and the type of study, the study is limited to this single product.^ieng