MUNICH — One year of hormone therapy for transgender conversion increases bone-mineral density both in men who convert to women and in women who convert to men. The most marked effect was seen in those who took estrogen for male-to-female conversion. In female-to-male transgender patients, ...
What's causing these patch shortages? There are really only four estrogen patches on the Australian market. One of those, Climara,ceased production in mid-to-late 2023, putting extra demand on the remaining estrogen-only brands, Estradot and Estraderm, as well as the combination estrogen and pr...
Activella,3 an oral 1 mg estradiol plus 0.5 mg norethindrone acetate product, was approved based on a trial of one dose of both components that showed a hyperplasia rate of <1% compared to 14.6% for the estrogen-alone group [2]. Combipatch4 is a transdermal delivery system releasing ...
Inclusion criteria included girls who were prepubertal at baseline and on a single increment of a 25 mcg E2 patch changed 2X/week from initiation of treatment to the first follow up visit. Only transgender girls being treated with a GnRH analog were included. Within each group of patients on ...