The Food and Drug Administration removed the black box warning from hormone replacement therapies late last year, and ...

Alexis Dunne always plans how to best treat her patients’ perimenopause and menopause symptoms. The Chicago-area physician wants to ensure that the hormone replacement therapy she prescribes helps ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — More women than ever are using estrogen patches for relief from menopause symptoms, and demand is so high that manufacturers aren’t able to cope. Pharmacies across the country and in ...

Nine in 10 women aren't confident they can fill their estrogen patch prescriptions, according to a new survey. Here what they ...

A rising demand for estrogen patches began in November in the U.S.

Increased demand for hormone therapy treatments and intermittent supply disruptions have created what experts say is a perfect storm that is leaving many women frustrated at the pharmacy counter.

Dolly Santiago of Niskayuna spent years resisting her doctor’s recommendation to try estrogen patches to treat menopause.

FDA disputes estrogen patch shortage despite increased prescriptions and ASHP listing multiple brands on shortage list, ensuring supply management efforts.

The estradiol patch, a tiny square worn on the skin, may be discreet, but its impact is powerful. It delivers a consistent stream of estrogen to the body, which gets absorbed through the skin. The ...

Since 2023, estrogen patch use has increased 184%, while use of vaginal creams rose 122%. Demand in the U.S. for menopause hormone therapy plummeted in the early 2000s, after a large-scale study ...

(CNN) — Emily Padgett has spent months trying to get her hands on estrogen patches, bouncing between pharmacies, transferring prescriptions and switching brands three times. For a couple of anxious ...