Hormone replacement therapy shortage: What you CAN do if you can't get hold of your usual HRT
Tackling the menopause without HRT, if you need it, is never going to be easy. But approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy and daily mindfulness practice may be able to help. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hormone replacement therapy shortage – six alternatives recommended by a doctor
HORMONE replacement therapy is treatment to alleviate menopausal symptoms such as mood swings and night sweats. However, there has been a recent shortage of products in the UK. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for three Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medicines
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) hasissued Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs)for three Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medicines.
Oestrogel® pump-pack 750mcg/actuation gel - SSP01 (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 29, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Madelaine McTernan named as new HRT tsar
A UK-wide hormone-replacement therapy crisis has seen women turning to the black market. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'The thought of running out of HRT is terrifying'
A shortage of some hormone-replacement therapy has left some women struggling with menopause symptoms. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As outcry over HRT supply crisis grows, audit reveals many women are being let down
Supply shortages and poor planning mean many are struggling to obtain Oestrogel, a type of hormone replacement therapy used by 30,000 women in the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pharmacies 'completely run out' of HRT products leaving women facing debilitating symptoms
SHORTAGES of vital hormone replacement therapy products are leaving women without relief from debilitating symptoms of menopause, an MP warned today. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctor urges women to stop swapping HRT medication with strangers
Manufacturers have warned of shortages of some hormone replacement therapy drugs (HRT) in England, including popular gels, patches and tablets. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Delay to prepayment scheme for HRT ‘disappointing’
In October 2021, the Government announced that women in England would only have to pay one charge of£18.70 for up to a 12-month supply of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Pharmacy Minister Ma (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - March 22, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Beat the HRT shortage without resorting to the black market
More women are opting to take hormone replacement therapy to ease their menopausal symptoms. It had been estimated that around 10 per cent go on some form of it, but the numbers are rising. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DR ELLIE CANNON: Since my GP took me off HRT my life is hell. How do I cope?
DR ELLIE CANNON: Today's reader wants to know whether it is possible to resume hormone replacement therapy as she is suffering many symptoms of the menopause. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Find the HRT that's best for YOU: Tablets, sprays or gels?
Not every woman will want to have hormone replacement therapy but there are many who do - and as we reported last week in the first part of our essential guide, they struggle to get it. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Women Seem to Have Better COVID-19 Outcomes Than Men. Here ’s a Theory Why
Getting vaccinated and boosted dramatically increases the likelihood of surviving a case of COVID-19, but many risk factors—like being biologically male—are outside of people’s control. In the U.S., 20% more men have died from COVID-19 than women, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Scientists theorize that the difference in risk between the two sexes may, in part, come down to the hormone estrogen, which plays a role in the immune system.
New research published in BMJ Open on Feb. 14 links estrogen levels to women’s likelihood of dying after they contract COV...
Source: TIME: Health - February 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Older women on hormone replacement therapy are HALF as likely to die from Covid than their peers
Swedish scientists, who monitored women on HRT who tested positive for Covid, found the group were half as likely to die from the virus compared to those not taking oestrogen. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HRT product could be available over the counter
Women may be able to access a form of hormone replacement therapy in a pharmacy instead of at their GP. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
