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She said medical spas are prescribing off-label drugs that don’t meet the criteria set out by the FDA that justify a prescription.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Demand is up for several reasons; more doctors are prescribing the transdermal bioidentical estradiol, and the manufacturing process for patches is more labor-intensive and time-consuming than making pills.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Many doctors who are prescribing this are not well-trained in obesity medicine or in nutrition.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

The first NHS treatment for it was announced earlier this year, but not all health boards in Wales are prescribing it yet.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2024

Philanthropic principle, we say, which the Voltaires and Sages of that Epoch are prescribing as one's duty and one's glory: "O ye Kings, why won't you do good to mankind, then?"

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Carlyle, Thomas