Don't blame a menopause fad. There is little incentive for pharmacy companies to ensure smooth, consistent access.

Oct. 19, 2004 -- Transdermal estradiol gel is effective in reducing the frequency and severity of moderate to severe hot flushes in postmenopausal women, with a lower frequency of skin reactions than ...

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

If you’re considering hormone replacement therapy (HRT), it’s natural to wonder about the possible side effects. One common type of HRT is estrogen patches, which deliver estrogen through the skin to ...

Menopause clinics across the U.S. are hearing from women who are having trouble filling prescriptions for estrogen patches, a common hormone replacement therapy. “There’s just more demand for these ...

The proportion of patients achieving a prostate-specific antigen nadir less than or equal to 0.2 ng/ml was exactly the same for patients treated with transdermal estradiol patches and those treated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved a 33% smaller dose of the estradiol transdermal system for the prevention of postmenopausal ...

Hormone patches are as good at controlling locally advanced prostate cancer as the injections typically used to deliver hormone therapy, according to the results of a large clinical trial led by UCL ...

The researchers found that the observed 3-year metastasis-free survival was 87.1 and 85.9% with transdermal estradiol patches and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists, respectively.