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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.

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
Estrogen deficiency 2 0
General health 1 0
Migraine headaches 1 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 6 patients currently taking Estrogen patch

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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 2 Number of Patients: 2 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%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Estrogen patch

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

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 May 28, 2012.