FDA Estriol History

Estriol is a form of estrogen that natural occurs within a woman's body. It is replicated by compound and alternative pharmacies into tablets and creams. Estriol is not produced in any Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medication.

Pharmacy

• Estriol is produced at natural or compound pharmacies, most often as part of "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy," also known as BHRT.

Safety

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.