Women can’t find estrogen patches, pharmacies get a few a day before shelves are empty again. The FDA has been claiming there is no shortage.
Dr Tara Scott is a board-certified OB/GYN and menopause practitioner who, in her most-shared video ever, listed oral estrogen as the #1 thing she would never do as a gynecologist.
In a patch shortage where oral estrogen is exactly what women are being handed, has Dr Scott changed her stance?
She joins me to share how she’s handling the estrogen patch shortage in her practice, and the best commercially available options. She also shares how she uses compounded options with her patients, and why testing, monitoring and understanding dosage are so critical to getting patients the care they need.
What You'll Discover In This Episode
- How oral estrogen lowers free testosterone and free thyroid women need
- Four reasons the "same molecule" in a pill affects your body differently
- How oral estrogen leads to ‘breakthrough symptoms’
- Which varieties of patches may still be available
- How different dosages in patches can affect your experience & symptoms
- New patch prices that makes compounding an economical option
- What really happens when you go days without your estrogen patch
- When to test your hormone metabolites, and why early testing often wastes money
Virtual Care: To learn more about Dr Scott’s personalized functional medicine programs, complete with advanced lab analysis, expert provider consults, and tailored treatment plans, available fully online in 45 states, visit: forumhealth.com/virtual-clinic/
About the Guest
Dr. Tara Scott, known as the Hormone Guru, is a certified menopause practitioner with the North American Menopause Society and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. After almost 20 years in OB/GYN, she now focuses on functional and integrative medicine, and she is board certified in Integrative Medicine and certified by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
An Associate Clinical Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University, she has taught doctors her approach to evidence-based hormone therapy on 5 continents. She specializes in hormonal imbalances and thyroid issues using bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), and has been featured in Women's Health, Shape, and Newsweek, and in a TEDx talk. Learn more at https://drtarascott.com or for virtual care, visit: forumhealth.com/virtual-clinic/.
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