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The Mystery of the Missing Estrogen Patches: FDA Label Changes, Demand, and HRT Alternatives
The Mystery of the Missing Estrogen Patches: FDA Label Changes, Demand, and HRT Alternatives
Duncan Turner, MD and Karen Spaulding discuss the recent shortage of estrogen patches, explaining that it stems from an FDA change in the wording of warnings on prescription estrogen products, which corrected messaging influenced by misinterpretations of the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative study. Although the safety of estrogen hasn’t changed, updated FDA verbiage prompted renewed demand that manufacturers cannot meet. They note many new inquiries are from women in their 70s who were previously told to…
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