Medical management of endometriosis

\nEndometriosis is a chronic and benign gynecological disorder affecting women of reproductive age group. This chronic disease has a negative impact on the quality of life of women by causing symptoms like chronic pelvic pain, severe dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia and infertility. Given a 10%-20% prevalence rate among women of reproductive age, it contributes to more than 100,000 hysterectomies worldwide each year. Aithough a number of medical managements are available at present but most of these produces adverse effects like induction of a hypo-estrogenic state, which further enhances infertility and unwanted menopausal-like side effects. Furthermore, recurrence of symptoms is common during treatment-free intervals. These major drawbacks of current treatments often lead to abandonment of medical therapy and calls for repeated surgical therapy. Present review article is an evaluation of currently available options and advances in medical interventions.\n