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So what's the delivery mechanism? Is that a pill? Is that a shot? And how soon do women start noticing a real change in life from the hot flashes to feeling better to better?

And I'm assuming most of this is estrogen, but can you speak to that?

Sure.

So there's three hormones.

The main two are estrogen and progesterone.

Okay.

The estrogen is the one that's responsible for protecting the heart and protecting the bones and probably protecting the brain and protecting the colon.

And so that's the main hormone that needs to be replaced.

If women have a uterus, we give them progesterone also to protect their uterus in the

menopausal time.

The medications can be given by pill, they can get by patch, they can be given by cream.

And so some of that is preference and some of that is just kind of what works for people and what works for their day-to-day lives.

But the medications are the same.

It's still, we're just replacing hormone that their bodies aren't making.

So the form is just a preference issue.

That brings me to the next question.

You said if they have a uterus, meaning, of course, that if they don't have a uterus, they've had a hysterectomy, which my mom had.

And by the way, if anybody out there is wondering, why is he throwing his mom under the bus, given her medical history. She was interviewed by the local news

about all of this in Beaumont. She was happy to talk about it. She was a little ahead of her time in

terms of being willing to talk about women's issues when other people wouldn't. She was a tough

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