The current system is dysfunctional and frustrating to care providers and patients alike, according to a pharmacy owner.
Women are continuing to pay up to €70 for their monthly hormone replacement therapy prescriptions - despite being told it would be free from the beginning of this month.
“I know the Irish Pharmacy Union have looked for an integrated women’s health system that would ensure that people getting HRT would get the same care as people getting any form of contraception. An already open HRT, Hormone Therapy Replacement pills in dispenser for perimenopause treatment. Image by Alamy.
“This is not a menopause unique situation, but with menopause products, we’ve had various ones that have been in and out of stock,” she said.
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