Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which is taken by more than two million British women to replace oestrogen and progesterone as natural production declines, is in the headlines again after a high-profile doctor was accused of overprescribing the hormones.
In a BBC Panorama documentary, which aired last Monday, Dr Louise Newson, who runs eight menopause clinics across the country, was alleged to have risked harming patients by prescribing HRT at too high a dosage. The licensed maximum is 100 micrograms, delivered via oestrogen patches, but Newson’s clinic prescribed up to 300mcg.
However, the accusations also sparked a backlash. On Saturday, Alison Perry, a patient at one of Newson’s clinics defended the doctor as “somebody who has really stuck her neck out to help women”.
This row has revealed a rift in the medical profession about the best way to use HRT.
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Source: The Times, 6 October 2024
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