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Australia’s drugs regulator has warned that most menopause hormone therapy patches, used to treat menopause symptoms, will not be available until the middle of the year.
The patches contain the hormone estradiol, levels of which drop in the body during menopause causing symptoms in some women such as hot flushes, joint pain and itchy skin. Estimates report that about 13% of menopausal Australian women in their fifties and sixties use menopausal hormone therapy.
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