Wes Streeting, Stephen Kinnock and Nick Thomas-Symonds were among the politicians who tested the device equipped with heated pads that mimic one of the most common and unpleasant symptoms. “I feel this on my back now,” said former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, seconds after he put on his vest. “Imagine giving a speech in the House of Commons and suddenly having a fever. If [men] If he had that, we would complain a lot. “ “If you faint, we have water,” joked Carolyn Harris, MP, co-chair of the Menopause Working Group, which funded the event at Portcullis House in Westminster on Tuesday to support measures to reduce the shortage of HRT products. “Welcome to my world. I do not need the vest to be warm and annoying.” The sharp increase in demand for HRT drugs in recent months, partly fueled by television documentaries highlighting the safety of treatments, has led to widespread product shortages, leaving some women unable to sleep or work efficiently and forcing them to exchange products. parking or to buy them online at very inflated prices. Streeting, the shadow health secretary, said after trying on the vest: I do not know how you would throw life. I look forward to removing it. “ Kinnock, the shadow immigration minister, described it as “a very intense kind of heat and an inner feeling, not as if warmed by the sun, but almost volcanic inside”. Labor MP Wes String said: “It is deeply unpleasant and a heat that envelops. I do not know how you would throw life. I look forward to removing it. ” Photo: Sarah Lee / The Guardian The vest was developed by Over the Bloody Moon, a team that provides menopause advice to companies and individuals and is funded by Theramex based in London, one of the largest manufacturers of HRT products in the UK. His electric pillows recreate the sudden creep of heat that many women will experience, which contributes to one in 10 leaving her job. Lawmakers who tried it, including Tory Tim Loughton and SNP Allan Dorans, said menopause was also an economic issue, forcing some women to leave the workforce and leaving others less productive. Duncan Smith said it “should be a financial slam dunk” to ensure women get the help and support they need. Harris and other activists want to ensure that all women who need them have access to the right HRT products. Theramex and the British Menopause Society have requested a national formula, or list, of approved HRT drugs that would make it easier for doctors and pharmacists to prescribe, and Harris wrote to Health Minister Sajid Javid last week to reschedule it. The government allowed pharmacists to prescribe other HRT drugs to women when those prescribed by their doctor were not available, but Harris said this seemed to have little effect. About 300 women had contacted her on social media saying they were still struggling to get the products they needed. Streeting said: “Women need to be private. “For something that is as common as menopause, it is outrageous.” Lesley Salem, founder of Over the Bloody Moon, said: “Hot flashes are one of the top three symptoms that affect menopausal women’s lives – they disrupt sleep, increase stress levels and often affect women’s performance at work. “For those who have not experienced the emotion, it is easy to underestimate its intensity and fail to appreciate the impact it has on daily life.”
