Three drugs cause premature menopause in women

The causes of amenorrhea can be said to be varied. Amenorrhea is a very common disease. Of course, physiological amenorrhea is normal. In addition to paying attention to organic amenorrhea and non-organic amenorrhea, we should also pay attention to other aspects, such as amenorrhea caused by drug factors. Here are some drugs that may cause amenorrhea:

1. Antihypertensive sedative drugs:

Some antihypertensive sedative drugs inhibit hypothalamic function and dopamine, relieve prolactin inhibition and increase prolactin, and hyperprolactinemia inhibits the secretion of pituitary gonadotropin, leading to amenorrhea.

2. Adrenal cortex hormone:

Some adrenal cortical hormones can inhibit the secretion of gonadotropin, which often causes amenorrhea.

3. Contraceptive pills:

Women taking birth control pills, especially long-term birth control pills, sometimes lead to amenorrhea. The reason is that birth control pills have an excessive and continuous inhibitory effect on the hypothalamus-pituitary axis, resulting in a decrease in the secretion of pituitary gonadotropin and hyperprolactinemia, leading to amenorrhea and lactation.

However, this suppression is usually temporary, and menstruation can usually resume automatically after stopping the medication. At present, low-dose contraceptives are widely used, and it is recommended that contraceptives be used alternately with other contraceptive measures such as condoms and contraceptive rings. The inhibitory effect on the hypothalamus-pituitary axis is small, so don't worry too much about taking contraceptives.

Generally speaking, the treatment of amenorrhea is not difficult, because in clinical practice, non-organic amenorrhea is the most common, which refers to amenorrhea that is not caused by disease. In treatment, it is generally based on eliminating the cause, supplemented by certain conditioning, and then the patient can recover.