I hand her up a tissue and an estrogen patch.

In 2008 a study was done to test the effectiveness of estrogen patches on schizophrenia patients.

The study did not look at estrogen patches, which deliver just estrogen, through the skin.

"I've used the "estrogen patch" every few days for the last year or more."

She prescribed the estrogen patch; I was supposed to use it for three or four weeks, then add progesterone.

It is not yet known whether estrogen patches, which are placed on the skin, will have the same effect.

The form of estrogen patch has implications for prognosis.

While some experts believe that estrogen patches may be safer than oral estrogen in other ways, it's too early to know.

So don't use tanning beds or saunas while you're wearing an estrogen patch.

One study showed that women with postpartum depression who used an estrogen patch every day were less depressed than those who did not.