[Which treatment choose for menopause? Representations and uses of French-Speaking Switzerland women]. / Quet traitement choisir pour la ménopause? Représentations et usages des Suissesses.

In medical literature, menopause is defined as a hormone deficiency which creates many inconveniences and even pathologies that need to be treated. Based on in-depth interviews with 21 women coming from French-Speaking Switzerland, this article, in a socio-anthropological perspective, looks at the use by women of the available therapies. It shows that the management practices are diversified and differ according to menopause representations, prevalence of menopause symptoms, but also depending on the benefits and disadvantages attributed to either therapy. Surprisingly, the Hormone replacement, although perceived as the most efficient therapy is not the most used due to the harmful effects that many women associate to it.