22 Oct 2020

Hormone replacement therapy supplies running low

From Morning Report, 8:41 am on 22 October 2020

An Auckland woman is desperately worried that she and others who rely on hormone replacement therapy will soon be without supply.

She has been told to cut the patches she uses in half but she's afraid the hormone treatment will be altered to insufficient levels.

PHARMAC says the low stock is Covid-19 related and things may not return to normal until December.

Eleisha Foon has more.