FDA Estriol History
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Pharmacy
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Estriol is produced at natural or compound pharmacies, most often as part of "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy," also known as BHRT.
Safety
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The FDA has repeatedly issued statements that estriol is not FDA-approved and has not been proven safe by the agency. The FDA has not, however, issued any statement that it is harmful.
Effectiveness
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The FDA refuses to endorse the effectiveness of estriol. The agency says that product use should be decided and discussed between patients and healthcare professionals.
Warning
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The FDA frequently gives warnings to individual compound pharmacies--as well as the industry as a whole--to stop advertising estriol as approved by the agency.
Considerations
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Since the FDA is not supporting or governing the pharmacies producing estriol, there is no regulation on the content of the products. Use estriol under the guidance of a physician.
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