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Estrogen patches are hard to find, and it may not be resolved any time soon
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- Estrogen patches are in short supply as demand for the menopause medications skyrockets, and it could take at least a year for manufacturers to catch up.
- Prescriptions of estrogen patches have increased 162% over the past two years, according to data from Health Verity.
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Estrogen patches are in short supply as demand for the menopause medications skyrockets, and it could take at least a year for manufacturers to catch up.
Prescriptions of estrogen patches have increased 162% over the past two years, according to data from Health Verity. Already rising demand was turbocharged last fall when the Food and Drug Administration removed a more than 20-year-old black box warning discouraging women from taking hormone replacement therapy.
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