There are reports today of supply disruption on HRT medicine all the way to July. The HPRA, the medicines regulator, has said it’s aware of the issues; while drug companies frantically try to keep up with demand. 

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Dr Catherine Riordan from the Menopause Hub, Carol Anne Clarke, who is being affected directly by these supply issues and Rebecca Barry, who is a pharmacist in Limerick...

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