Pharmac will fund two brands of oestradiol patches – Estradot and Estradiol TDP Mylan – from 1 December 2025. People will be able to use either brand of patch, subject to availability. From this date, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ongoing estrogen patch shortage has some Alberta women looking to alternatives. (Andrey Popov/Shutterstock - image credit) The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Menopausal Australian women have access to a new form of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) which delivers oestrogen derived from the soya ...

BETWEEN battling through brain fog, fighting off hot flushes and being drenched in night sweats, you’d think women going though the menopause had enough on their plate. But fresh shortages have hit ...

Perimenopausal and menopausal women have been having difficulty getting their usual HRT medication. The Estraderm patches given as an alternative, pictured here, cause more allergic skin reactions and ...

Novartis says it is expecting an additional temporary stock shortage of its HRT patch Estradot TTS-75, due to “manufacturing constraints”. Temporary stock shortages of around four weeks for Estradot ...

I'm in my late 50s, exercise and eat well, no major health issues-just the usual flushes, maybe slightly overweight, and I currently use the Estradot patch, which has been satisfactory but not amazing ...