Alison O'Connor: Shortage of HRT is causing huge stress ... so why the silence?

I brokered a drug transaction this week. It involved two school mums. One is almost literally climbing the walls because she is without a medication, the other had a box of it in her bathroom cupboard, which she had never used. The exchange took place on a local footpath.

If, God forbid, there was ever a fire in my house, the rest of the family and the dog would be top on my priority list, but at the back of my mind would also be my own blister pack of these meds. To which crucial drug do I refer? Well hormone replacement therapy (HRT) of course. If you think it is difficult to get a Coronavirus-related face mask at the moment, you should try sourcing a HRT patch from an Irish pharmacy.