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Position Statements

One goal of The North American Menopause Society is to publish position statements (formerly called consensus opinions) about clinical issues. These manuscripts are published in the Society's journal, Menopause, and are available for viewing and downloading in their entirety from this site free of charge. They are also available from NAMS in hard copy for a modest fee by using this Order Form. The following list provides a PDF of each paper along with its related press release. Some provide a set of slides summarizing the paper’s contents. These slide sets require PowerPoint software and are available for downloading and use free of charge.

To learn more about how NAMS creates its position statements, read the editorial, "The North American Menopause Society Develops Consensus Opinions" -- Menopause 1998;5:67-68 .

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Position Statements Developed by NAMS  

(19) "Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2010 position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2010

(18) “Estrogen and progestogen use in postmenopausal women: July 2008 position statement of The North American Menopause Society” -- Menopause 2008.
This NAMS position statement has been endorsed by the American Medical Women’s Association, The Endocrine Society, the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health, the National Women’s Health Resource Center, and the Society for Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.

(17) "The role of local vaginal estrogen for treatment of vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women: 2007 position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2007.

(16) "Estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women: March 2007 position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2007.

(15) "The role of calcium in peri- and postmenopausal women: 2006 position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2006.

(14) "Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2006 position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2006.

(13) "The role of testosterone therapy in postmenopausal women: position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2005.

(12) "Recommendations for estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women: October 2004 position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2004.

(11) "Treatment of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms: position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2004.

(10) "Estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women: September 2003 position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2003.

(9) "Role of progestogen in hormone therapy for postmenopausal women: position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2003. 

(8) "Amended report from the NAMS Advisory Panel onPostmenopausal Hormone Therapy" -- Menopause 2003.

(7) "Management of postmenopausal osteoporosis: 2002 position statement of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2002.

(6) "The role of calcium in peri- and postmenopausal women: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2001

(5) "The role of isoflavones in menopausal health: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2000.

(4) "A decision tree for the use of estrogen replacement therapy or hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women: Consensus Opinion of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2000.

(3) "Effects of menopause and estrogen replacement therapy or hormone replacement therapy in women with diabetes mellitus: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2000.

(2) "Clinical challenges of perimenopause: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society" -- Menopause 2000.

(1) "Achieving long-term continuance of menopausal ERT/HRT: consensus opinion of The North American Menopause Society." Menopause 1998

Collaborative position statements developed by NAMS include:

"Executive summary: Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop STRAW , Park City, Utah, July 2001"
-- Menopause 2001.

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