Substance use and menopausal hormone therapy: Treatment initiation and interruption among <scp>US</scp> women with and without <scp>HIV</scp> , 2008–2019
The rate of MHT initiation was low and the rate of MHT breaks was high in this sample of perimenopausal and postmenopausal participants with moderate-severe VMS. Patients and providers might benefit from specific guidance regarding MHT use among individuals with current tobacco use and those who have ever used other drugs.
Authors
- Brooke W. Bullington
- Andrea K. Knittel
- Caitlin A. Moran
- Deborah Konkle‐Parker
- Deborah L. Jones
- Anjali Sharma
- Helen Cejtin
- Andrew Edmonds
- Genevieve Neal‐Perry
- Elizabeth F. Topper
- Dominika Seidman
- Lisa Rahangdale
- Adaora A. Adimora
- Seble G. Kassaye
- Tracey E. Wilson
- Michelle Floris‐Moore
- Catalina Ramirez
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (US)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.70805
- Primary Topic
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Gilead Sciences
- Northwestern University
- Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
- Astellas Pharma
- National Institutes of Health
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of California, San Francisco
- Center for AIDS Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute on Aging
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of California, Los Angeles