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What is Estrogen patch?

The estrogen patch is a delivery system for estradiol used as hormone replacement therapy to treat the symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes, and to prevent osteoporosis. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 4 1 Efficacy_major
General health 1 0
Estrogen deficiency 1 0
Migraine headaches 1 1 Efficacy_slight

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Estrogen patch

Ovarian cyst 1

Reported Dosages

  0.1 mg all the time (24/7) 5 mg all the time (24/7) 0.0,375 mg weekly 1 mg weekly 0.7 mg daily 7 mg weekly
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Estrogen patch (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 25%
Expense 1   Expense: 25%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 25%
Other 1   Other: 25%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Estrogen patch

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Estrogen patch

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Estrogen patch

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Estrogen patch

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Estrogen patch

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 100%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on February 11, 2012.