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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
Now, there is a new drug, a neurokinin, that supposedly has dramatic effect for reducing hot flashes.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
Can you tell us about that, and how would you incorporate that into practice?
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
Yeah, no, that's great.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
We have something really positive with hard data, randomized trial, and that's good.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
Now, overall, you've mentioned about some disenchantment with the administration, of course, I share.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
And you've also recently, some weeks ago, I guess, announced that you're going to move back to Canada this year.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
Are they linked or is that just something you've been wanting to do, leave the United States after 30 years of being a treasure chest of information and expertise in this area?
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
Well, Canada is lucky to get you back next year for sure.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
But I hope your writings in the agenda of Substack and also your books.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
I don't really have another book in the making, but you're such a great writer.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
You don't hold things back.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
As I said before we got started, you're really a great truth teller in this field.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
So are you going to keep up with the Substack agenda and also write another book?
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
We're counting on you for that, Jen.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
Now, before finishing, did I miss anything in this general field that you want to bring up?
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
We covered a lot of ground, I know, but is there something that we should have delved into?
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
Of course.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
The only thing I'd say about that is because the prescriptions had gotten so remarkably low, you know, less than 5% zone, and people don't keep up with the literature like you.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
You know, maybe even though a lot of things were wrong here, but maybe kind of a changing a position will help get it back to where it should be, the field.
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Jennifer Gunter & Eric Topol - Discuss Womenâs Health and Recent Changes by FDA for MHT
You know, maybe a thought on that is, you know, it's like the right conclusion for the wrong reasons or, you know, you know what I mean?