Female testosterone cream gets tick of approval in win for gender and sexual equality
December 16th, 2020
Associate Prof John Eden, WHRIA's Reproductive Endocrinologist and Gynaecologist, comments on this exciting news."Over twenty years ago, our group along with Professor Sue Davis’s group in Melbourne performed the first studies with this product and now finally AndroFeme has been fully approved by the TGA and should be available April 2021, all around Australia. We have had “natural oestrogen” (oestradiol) available as tablets, gels and patches for many years. Prometrium (natural progesterone) has been available for about 5 years and now we have a female-appropriate testosterone product. The women of Australia now have all three natural sex hormones available and approved by the TGA." This is in contrast to compounded “bio-identical HRT” which does contain natural hormones too, but has not been produced or tested to a pharmaceutical standard, leading to potentially incorrect dosages and unnecessary side effects. “I feel like one of my life goals has now been achieved, I have been working towards this moment for the last twenty years.” Read the full media release from Lawley Pharmaceuticals below. (more…)
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