FDA removing 'black box' warnings from many hormone therapy drugs

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, there's a major change that could impact millions of women experiencing menopause symptoms. The FDA is removing its “black box” warning from many hormone therapy drugs - the strongest type of safety alert on medications.

This is really good news, because hormone therapy can make a huge difference for women dealing with menopause symptoms, like hot flashes, night sweats, and poor sleep.

Now, this black-box change affects products that contain both estrogen and progesterone, as well as estrogen treatments such as patches, creams, pills, and sprays.

The warning was added back in 2003, after a large government study linked hormone therapy to higher risks of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke, and dementia. But here’s the problem: that study mostly involve