Estrogen

Information about Estrogen

Estrogen uses

How estrogen works

Estrogen is the primary female sex hormone that, as a part of the hormone replacement therapy, works by maintaining the estrogen levels in the body, thereby relieving the symptoms occurring after menopause.

Common side effects of estrogen

Headache, Nausea, Mood changes, Breast enlargement, Change in body weight, Abdominal pain, Sexual dysfunction, Breast tenderness, Metrorrhagia (menstrual bleeding at irregular intervals), Fibroid, Edema (swelling)

Available Medicine for Estrogen


    Content on this page was last updated on 27 September, 2022, by Dr. Varun Gupta (MD Pharmacology)