While you can’t completely avoid perimenopause symptoms, you can make them more tolerable. You might not even need to go to the pharmacy to do so. Certain lifestyle changes and home remedies can soothe the symptoms and keep you from missing out on life, according to Sonal Chaudhry, MD, Endocrinologist at NYU Langone Health.
Dr. Chaudhry is an Endocrinologist at NYU Langone Health in New York City.
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