TABLE 1. Contraindications to hormone replacement therapy.
Absolute contraindications:
- Endometrial cancer
- Atypical endometrial hyperplasia
- Breast cancer
- Endometrioid ovarian cancer
- Otosclerosis
- Hyperprolactinemia
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Melanoma
- Porphyria
- Cholestasis
- Deep vein thrombosis or recent pulmonary embolism
Relative contraindications
- Previous endometrial cancer
- Fibroids or endometrial polyps
- Endometriosis
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- History of thromboembolic disease