Roaring away
Published 18.30
Pharmacy shelves continue to be empty of estrogen drugs around the country.
Now Amanda Schulman and Hannah Widell rage over the situation.
– All this is misogyny, says Schulman in the podcast “Fredagspodden”.
The drugs are used in particular by menopausal women to treat symptoms such as hot flashes, insomnia and depression.
The shortage is a result of companies not being able to meet the sharply increased demand in recent years. Now many Swedish women are at risk of remain without treatment.
In an episode of “The Friday podcast” directs Amanda Schulman46, and Hannah Widell51, sharp criticism of Sweden’s handling of the situation.
– I’ll say it just once: wake up the hell. All this is misogyny, says Amanda Schulman.
– There are no plasters, there is no spray. There is perhaps gel, which barely works, adds Hannah Widell.
“Don’t understand what the problem is”
When the sisters don’t wear hormone patches, they say they experience symptoms such as sweating and mood swings. Schulman says that the depressed mood affects not only herself, but also those around her.
But above all, she criticizes how the situation is handled at the societal level. In the episode, Schulman says that she does not understand why the drugs are not manufactured in Sweden.
– Plus you can make money from it, right? It’s great for Sweden. I don’t understand what the problem is, she says.
In the podcast, Hannah Widell also says that a listener recently came up to her in a restaurant and gave her hormone patches that she had saved. Widell later gave one of the patches to Amanda Schulman. In the episode, they both call the listener “an angel”.
The appeal before the autumn elections
Amanda Schulman concludes with a call to the parties before the autumn elections.
– I can say this: it is a choice. The party that seizes on this will win the election because all women will vote for them.
In the days word came that the price of the popular estrogen patch Estradot is increased by 60 percent, to prevent the drug from disappearing from the Swedish market.
