A new generation of empowered women could be driving the estrogen patch shortages now bedeviling the United States, the medical director of The Menopause Society told HealthDay TV.
TUESDAY, April 28, 2026 — A new generation of empowered women could be driving the estrogen patch shortages now bedeviling the United States, the medical director of Themuch more so now than in the past, which is a good thing,” said Dr. Stephanie Faubion, who is also director of the Mayo Clinic Center for “This is a different generation than the baby boomers who really didn't talk about things like menopause in public,” she said.
“The Gen Xers and the first of the millennials are now in the age range where they would start to experience symptoms, andthat there's nothing that can be done for their symptoms is not acceptable to this generation and you got to love it. “So, they're not only asking for answers, they're crowdsourcing answers and using social media to do so,” Faubion said. “They're educated.
A lot of them have money and their own jobs and they have a need that has not been fulfilled. That vacuum has created an industry around menopauseBy the end of February, use of estrogen patches jumped 26%, according to data from Truveta, a health analytics company. Overall, hormone therapy use remained under 2% in the U.S., as of 2023, Faubion said.
“We don't have data over the last year, two years to say there's been an uptick, but it appears to be the case,” she said. Despite this increased interest, there are still some women whose health history will impact the type of hormone therapy they get, or if they should get it at all, Faubion said.
, it doesn't mean that you're not a candidate for hormone therapy, but it might affect the type of hormone therapy and the route of delivery that we give to you,” she said. In the meantime, doctors are figuring out ways to get women the help they need despite estrogen patch shortages, Faubion said.
“Usually if we rewrite the prescription, if they couldn't get the once-a-week patch, we do the twice-a-week patch or we get to the dose in a different way by doing two lower dose patches together,” Faubion said. “So, usually we can cobble it together. ”
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