This monthOctober · World Menopause MonthMenopause Management
Hot flushes get the attention.
Menopause is more than that.
Menopause care at Oshun looks at the whole picture with Dr. Charles Rockhead: sleep, mood, sexual health, bones and heart, as well as the hot flushes.
No obligation · Every consultation is in-person with Dr. Rockhead.
Menopause Management at Oshun at a glance
Dr. Rockhead
Every consultation is with him
In person
Consultation before anything is booked
In writing
Your quote, given at consultation
No obligation
You decide after the consultation
9 Devon Road
Kingston, Jamaica
Questions answered privately
What is menopause management?
Menopause management is medical care for the years around your last period. It looks at hot flushes, sleep, mood, sexual health, bones, heart and weight together, not one at a time.
It is not a single treatment. It combines hormone therapy where that is appropriate, non-hormonal options, changes to daily habits, and screening.
Dr. Rockhead writes the plan at your consultation and reviews it with you at follow-up visits.
The words, explained
- Menopause
- The point twelve months after your last period.
- Perimenopause
- The years leading up to menopause, when many symptoms begin.
- HRT
- Hormone replacement therapy. It replaces oestrogen, with progesterone if you still have a uterus.
Four things that are true of every visit
Care by an OB/GYN
Every plan at Oshun is reviewed by a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. Dr. Rockhead is a physician first.
30 years caring for women
Three decades as a practising OB/GYN at Amadeo Medical Group, the parent clinical practice.
In person, first
A consultation with Dr. Rockhead comes before anything is booked. You decide afterwards, with no obligation.
Private, one to one
The care team answers your questions privately on WhatsApp. There is no obligation.
At a glance
The short answers first. The detail is on the pages linked further down.
The first visit
A full consultation of about 60 minutes. Follow-up visits are about 30 minutes.
What it involves
A conversation, an examination, blood tests and, where it suits, a prescription. Nothing invasive.
Time off afterwards
None.
Where
At Oshun, 9 Devon Road, Kingston.
Who it suits
Symptoms in the years before or after your last period, concern about long-term bone and heart health, and deciding between hormone therapy and other options.
When to wait
Nothing rules out a consultation. Each treatment has its own cautions.
The visit, step by step
The consultation
You meet Dr. Rockhead in person at 9 Devon Road before anything is booked. He reviews your medical history with you. You leave with a written quote.
Before your visit
Bring records of any recent mammogram, bone density scan and cholesterol test, your past gynaecological care, your family history and a list of your medicines.
At the visit
Dr. Rockhead takes a full history across every area menopause touches, examines you, orders the blood tests that are indicated, and writes a management plan.
Afterwards
A first review within six to eight weeks, then a full review every six to twelve months. Report breakthrough bleeding, new chest pain or shortness of breath, or leg swelling.
It can start years before the last period.
October is World Menopause Month, with World Menopause Day on the 18th.
Menopause is reached when a woman has gone twelve months without a period, with no other cause. The years leading up to it are called perimenopause, and that is when many symptoms begin: irregular periods, poor sleep, changes in mood, hot flushes, and dryness or discomfort during sex.
Because it can arrive gradually, the symptoms are not always recognised as perimenopause. You don't have to live with them. They can be assessed and managed.
Hormone replacement therapy replaces oestrogen, with progesterone where the uterus is present. It is not suited to everyone. The consultation covers whether it fits your history, and what the non-hormonal options are if it does not.
- What it covers
- Hot flushes, sleep, mood, sexual health, bone health, heart risk and weight changes.
- Options
- Hormone replacement therapy, or non-hormonal management, decided with you.
- First step
- A consultation with Dr. Rockhead.
Where to start at Oshun
Each page has the detail, from how to prepare to what to expect afterwards.
The same physician, from first question to follow-up
Dr. Charles Rockhead, Medical Director — Oshun Cosmetic Services, Kingston.
Dr. Charles Rockhead
Medical Director · Board-Certified OB/GYN · 30+ years of practice
Dr. Charles Rockhead is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with more than thirty years of practice in Kingston. He is the Medical Director of Oshun Cosmetic Services and the founding physician of Amadeo Medical Group, the parent clinical practice.
What patients ask
Do I need hormone therapy?
What if I do not want hormones?
Will my bones get weaker?
What about brain fog and memory?
When does menopause start?
Will my sex life change?
This page is general information, not a diagnosis or medical advice. Whether a treatment suits you is decided at a consultation with Dr. Rockhead.
You don't have to wait it out.
Message the concierge and we'll arrange a consultation. You'll be in great hands with Dr. Rockhead's team.
No obligation · Every consultation is in-person with Dr. Rockhead.