Speak to a gp if you have severe side effects or they continue for longer than 3 months. The estrogen patch oestrogen patch is a delivery system for estradiol, which is used as hormone replacement therapy to treat the problems of menopause, such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness, or to prevent osteoporosis, as well as in hormone replacement therapy for transgender women. Women around the uk are facing a major and widespread shortage of hormone replacement therapy hrt, leaving some struggling with menopause symptoms and side effects such as night sweats. Women taking sequential transdermal hrt in the form of evorel sequi patches who have difficulty obtaining supplies, can consider the. The estradiol only patches evorel 25, 50, 75 and 100 are due to go out of stock from the beginning of october. Hormone replacement therapy hrt nhs cambridgeshire and. Evorel conti is a patch hrt treatment containing both oestrogen and progestogen to alleviate symptoms of menopause.
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