Advice

Recommended for general use within NHS in Scotland.

RECOMMENDATION

FemSeven Sequi offers an alternative sequential combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the treatment of oestrogen deficiency symptoms in postmenopausal women. It is formulated as a transdermal patch and is the first sequential combined HRT patch to allow once weekly application. It is not licensed for the prophylaxis of osteoporosis.

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Medicine details

Medicine name:
Estradiol & levonorgesteral patches (FemSeven Sequi®)
SMC ID:
20/02
Indication:
Hormone replacement therapy for oestrogen deficiency symptoms in post-menopausal women
Pharmaceutical company
Merck Serono Ltd
BNF chapter
Endocrine system
Submission type
Full
Status
Accepted
Date advice published
06 December 2002