Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a treatment that replaces the hormones that decrease when you're going through the menopause, which can reduce the symptoms you're experiencing. HRT is given as two hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, if you have a womb (uterus) and as oestrogen-only if you no longer have a womb.
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