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Re: Fempatch
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 16 Apr 2000 14:27:02 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: Joyce: "Fempatch"

At Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Joyce wrote: >
>My mom's doctor 'finally' found a hormone therapy for menopause that she
>could tolerate... actually she was doing very well on it. I even
>noticed a difference with her emotionally. She was using the Fempatch.
>But now the pharmacy is telling her and her doctor that it has been
>taken off the market. They substituted a different patch for her, (not
>sure of the name), and she cannot tolerate the side-effects, nausea,
>breast-tenderness and very emotional. Why was Fempatch taken off of the
>market and is there anything very similar (same hormone dosage) that she
>might could ask her doctor to let her try? I would appreciate any info
>anyone can provide. Thanks!

Fempatch© was 17-beta estrdiol. Climara© and Estraderm© are also 17-beta estradiol.
Don't know why Fempatch was removed.

-- Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS Great Neck, New York
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