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Article: Pharmacists can offer hormone therapy advice.(MERCHANDISING/WOMEN'S HEALTH)(Upsher-Smith Laboratories Inc.)(Food and Drug Administration)
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- Chain Drug Review
- Article date:
- August 17, 2009
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NEW YORK -- Pharmacists have a unique opportunity to help dispel the misconceptions and confusion surrounding bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) for the treatment of symptoms associated with menopause, according to such suppliers as Upsher-Smith Laboratories Inc., marketer of the Food and Drug Administration-approved bioidentical hormone therapy Divigel.
Some of the confusion arises from media reports and endorsements by celebrities, which have led many, including pharmacists and other health care professionals, to believe in the benefits of compounded bioidentical hormones that have not gone through the rigors of an FDA approval that would deem ...