Health Rounds: Hormone delivery via skin patch may ease prostate cancer treatment side effects
When prostate cancer patients need therapy to reduce male hormone levels, delivering some of the treatment via a patch on the ...
Medscape4d
Transdermal Contraceptive Patches: Current Status and Future Potential
EE: Ethinyl estradiol; LNG: Levonorgestrel; OC: Oral contraceptive; RR: Relative risk; VTE: Venous thromboembolism. Transdermal contraceptive patches provide a more ...
Devdiscourse1d
Innovative Estradiol Patch Shows Promise for Prostate Cancer Therapy
A mid-stage study reveals that transdermal estradiol patches may match traditional androgen deprivation therapy in treating prostate cancer with fewer side effects. This approach boosts bone density ...
Nature4y
Testosterone skin patches improve libido in postmenopausal women not receiving estrogen
Transdermal exogenous ... women receiving estrogen therapy. Davis et al. have now demonstrated that 300 µg of testosterone a day, administered via skin patches, results in a modest but clinically ...
BMJ2y
Oestrogen replacement improves bone mineral density in oligo-amenorrhoeic athletes: a randomised clinical trial
Objective Normal-weight ... of transdermal versus oral oestrogen administration on bone in OAA engaged in weight-bearing activity. Methods 121 patients with OAA aged 14–25 years were randomised to ...