DRUG THERAPIES IN THE TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS

Amanda Lima Souza, Myrellen Said de Almeida, Poliana Cappellesso, Idalmir Barbosa dos Santos, Elaine Moraes de Lima, Bianca Neri Nunes, Antônio Alves Filho, Vinicius Oliveira Suckar, Abas Kassem Zahwe, Jair Maximiano da Silva Júnior
In: International Journal of Health Science · 2023 · vol. 3(62) , pp. 2–5 · doi:10.22533/at.ed.1593622321082 · W4386022805
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This integrative review examined drug and non-drug therapies for endometriosis, finding that hormonal methods like progestogens and combined oral contraceptives are standard due to endometriosis's hormonal responsiveness.

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This integrative review examined drug and non-drug therapies used for endometriosis, focusing on evidence published from 2018 to 2023 in PubMed and SciELO using descriptors related to endometriosis, fertile age, and treatment. Across included studies, the authors report that endometriosis treatment needs to be individualized because symptoms and life impacts vary across patients, and they identify hormonal therapies as the current standard since endometriosis is described as hormone-responsive. They specifically highlight progestogens and combined oral contraceptives (COCs) as the main drug classes discussed, while also addressing positive and negative effects in the reviewed literature. The paper does not explicitly discuss adenomyosis. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it reviews drug and non-drug therapeutic approaches, emphasizing hormonal drug options (progestogens and COCs).

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Objective Know how drug and non-drug therapies currently used for the treatment of endometriosis work, as well as their positive and negative effects.Methods: An integrative review was carried out, using as criteria the search in the National Library of Medicine (PubMed) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases using the descriptors (i) endometriosis (ii) fertile age, (iii) treatment, with the Boolean operator "AND".Studies published from 2018 to 2023 were included.Results: The treatment of endometriosis must be an individualized treatment due to the variety of symptoms of each patient and the impact on the life of each patient and after analysis we realized that currently the standard therapy is the use of hormonal methods due to the fact that endometriosis is responsive to hormones, the Drugs for these conditions are progestogens and combined oral contraceptives (COCs).
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Know how drug and non-drug therapies currently used for the treatment of endometriosis work, as well as their positive and negative effects. Methods: An integrative review was carried out, using as criteria the search in the National Library of Medicine (PubMed) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases using the descriptors (i) endometriosis (ii) fertile age, (iii) treatment, with the Boolean operator “AND”. Studies published from 2018 to 2023 were included. Results: The treatment of endometriosis must be an individualized treatment due to the variety of symptoms of each patient and the impact on the life of each patient and after analysis we realized that currently the standard therapy is the use of hormonal methods due to the fact that endometriosis is responsive to hormones, the Drugs for these conditions are progestogens and combined oral contraceptives (COCs). DRUG THERAPIES IN THE TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS - DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593622321082 - Palavras-chave: Endometriosis, childbearing age and treatment. -

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Objective Know how drug and non-drug therapies currently used for the treatment of endometriosis work, as well as their positive and negative effects. Methods: An integrative review was carried out, using as criteria the search in the National Library of Medicine (PubMed) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases using the descriptors (i) endometriosis (ii) fertile age, (iii) treatment, with the Boolean operator “AND”. Studies published from 2018 to 2023 were included. Results: The treatment of endometriosis must be an individualized treatment due to the variety of symptoms of each patient and the impact on the life of each patient and after analysis we realized that currently the standard therapy is the use of hormonal methods due to the fact that endometriosis is responsive to hormones, the Drugs for these conditions are progestogens and combined oral contraceptives (COCs). - Amanda Lima Souza - Myrellen Said de Almeida - Poliana Cappellesso - Idalmir Barbosa Dos Santos - Elaine Moraes de Lima - Bianca Neri Nunes - Antônio Alves De Morais Filho - Vinicius Oliveira Suckar - Abas Kassem Zahwe - Jair Maximiano da Silva Júnior

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