S4 Ep181: The FDA Roundtable on Menopausal Hormone Therapy- And Why I Declined to Participate
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- Lauren Streicher, MD
- Published
- Thu 24 Jul 2025
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- https://audioboom.com/posts/8752320
I was invited to participate in the FDA roundtable on menopausal hormone therapy.
I declined.
In this episode, I’m going to tell you why.
- A brief history of the FDA
- Why there is a black box warning on all estrogen products
- Why the black box warning should be removed from all local vaginal estrogen products
- Prior efforts to get the label removed
- How product labels and warnings traditionally have been modified or removed at the FDA
- My concerns and why I did not participate in the roundtable
My article on increased sepsis when local vaginal estrogen is not used.
https://drstreicher.substack.com/p/can-genitourinary-syndrome-of-menopause
My Substack article on the FDA
https://drstreicher.substack.com/p/crises-at-the-food-and-drug-administration?r=740mq
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Lauren Streicher MD, is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
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- Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
- Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
- Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
- The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
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