MenoPro is a free mobile app from The North American
Menopause Society (NAMS) to help you and your clinician work together to
personalize treatment decisions on the basis of your personal preferences
(hormone vs non-hormone options), taking into account your medical history and
risk factor status. The app has two modes, one for clinicians and one for
women, to facilitate shared decision making.
MenoPro is available for iOS (iPhone, iPad) and for
Android devices.
The MenoPro app has several unique features, including
the ability to calculate your 10-year risk of heart disease and stroke, which
is important in deciding whether a treatment option is safe for you. It also
has links to online tools that assess your risk of breast cancer and
osteoporosis and fracture.
MenoPro was developed in collaboration with NAMS and
includes links to NAMS education materials, including a downloadable MenoNote
on behavioral and lifestyle modifications to reduce hot flashes, and
information pages on the pros and cons of hormone versus nonhormone therapy
options, a discussion of pill versus patch therapy, and information on
treatment options for vaginal dryness and pain with sexual activities, with
links to tables with information about different medications. These pages can
be printed out or directly accessed from your phone or tablet.
Menopausal symptoms vary dramatically among women. Some
women have no symptoms as they go through the menopause transition, and other
women find that their quality of life is severely affected by hot flashes,
night-time sweats, sleep problems, difficulty concentrating, and vaginal
dryness/pain with sexual activities. Menopausal symptoms are usually related to
the low levels of estrogen that occur in women when they reach menopause. Some
women are good candidates for hormonal treatments and others, due to their
personal preferences or risk factors, are not good candidates and should
consider non-hormonal options. One of the most complex health care decisions
facing women in mid-life is whether to use prescription medications for
menopausal symptom management, and the array of treatment options has grown
markedly in recent years. This new app helps women work together with their
clinicians to find the optimal treatment approach.
The MenoPro app is designed to help women work with their
health care providers in the management of their menopausal symptoms and to
choose the optimal treatment. MenoPro is intended for women ages 40 and older.
Younger women may benefit from additional clinical evaluation before using
MenoPro and may need specially tailored treatment.
MenoPro contains no advertising and was developed without
any industry or pharmaceutical company support.
This mobile app will be helpful to you in working
together with your clinician to make informed choices about the management of
your menopause symptoms.
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