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What to know about menopause hormone therapy after FDA removed 'black box' warnings

This article originally appeared on Politifact. What does it mean when a warning label is removed from a medication after two decades? But the science wasn't so clear cut. The study that drove the ...
NBC News

Step therapy requires patients try alternate medication

Before insurance plans will approve doctor-recommended medication, they often require patients to try cheaper alternatives in what is known as step therapy. NBC News’s Maggie Vespa reports on a ...
Wall Street Journal

Hormone Therapy Without the Black Box: What Women Need to Know

A longevity drug for women, or a danger to their health? Menopausal hormone therapy has been touted as both and everything in between. The past week’s government announcement calling for the removal ...
Healthline

FDA to Remove Black Box Warnings on Hormone Replacement Therapy

Share on Pinterest The FDA will remove black box warning labels on HRT products, which the agency states has sown confusion around hormone therapy for menopause. Lupe Rodriguez/Stocksy The Food and ...
AOL

FDA to Remove Black Box Warnings on Hormone Replacement Therapy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the removal of black box warnings on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) treatments for menopause. The federal agency has requested that HRT ...
ConsumerAffairs

FDA removes black box warning from menopause hormone therapy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has removed the “black box” safety warning from most hormone therapies used to treat menopause symptoms, ending a 20-year era of caution that began after the ...
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FDA Removes Strictest Black Box Warning From Menopause Hormone Therapy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing its most serious black box safety warnings from estrogen hormone therapies used for menopause symptoms. The warning was based on a flawed 2002 ...
Forbes

FDA Lifts Menopause Drug Warnings. Here’s What You Need To Know, From A Doctor

The FDA’s removal of the black box warning from hormone therapy products acknowledges decades of evolving evidence and could help millions of women seek relief safely. The U.S. Food and Drug ...
Everyday Health

FDA Removes Strictest Black Box Warning From Menopause Hormone Therapy

The warning, based on a conclusion by researchers in 2002, stopped many women from taking effective drugs for symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats, the FDA said. The U.S. Food and Drug ...
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FDA Removes Black Box Warning on Hormone Therapy

U.S. health officials have announced the first steps to remove the black box warning on estrogen products prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause. The warning was added to the products in 2003 when ...
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FDA removes the black box warning on hormone therapy for menopause

For the past decade, Dr. Heather Hirsch has tried to convince women that hormone therapy drugs are the best way to treat symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. But warning labels on estrogen have ...