S3 E2 Tracy Tranchitella, ND – Hormone Replacement Therapy and Removal of Black Box Warning

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the FDA's black box warning on hormone replacement therapy and its impact on women's health.

For decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had maintained a black box warning for hormone replacement therapy regarding estrogen. This often-prevented women from receiving appropriate estrogen hormone replacement therapy (HRT) either because of a history breast cancer or other health concern. This long-standing policy dated back decades to the Women’s Health Initiative study which failed to account for various individual factors such as type of estrogen, dose, and individual sensitiv...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Kurt Woeller

Guest: Tracy Tranchitella

Topics covered

• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Black Box Warning
• Estrogen
• Women's Health
• FDA Policy

Keywords

• hormone replacement therapy
• black box warning
• estrogen
• FDA
• women's health
• breast cancer
• individual factors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, Women’s Health Initiative

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