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Estriol shortage — availability across Europe

Estriol has no active shortage reports in the tracked registers right now — recent history below.

MEDICALLY REVIEWED

Dr. Chrysoula I. Liakou MD, PhD

Internal Medicine Specialist
Cancer Immunology Researcher

Reviewed 30 July 2026 · next review due 30 January 2027

Resolved ATC — · also listed as: Estriol · data refreshed 7 August 2026

Key facts

As of 7 August 2026, Estriol has no active shortage report in any of the 8 tracked European registers.
Data source: 1 official medicines-agency register, refreshed daily.

No register currently lists an active availability issue for Estriol. The most recent report in the tracked registers dates to 2022-11-29 and is closed; this page updates automatically if a new report is filed.

Where	Status & products	Since	Expected end	Reason / alternatives	Source
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Resolved Estriol (Ovestin® 1mg cream) 0.1% cream substitution (SSP024) + 2 more products Estriol (Ovestin® 1mg cream) 0.1% cream substitution and restriction (PDF (SSP025) Ovestin® 1mg cream restriction (SSP020)	2022-04-28	2022-11-29	Serious Shortage Protocol (DHSC) Alternatives: SSP: pharmacists may supply the specified alternative without a new prescription	register ↗

Full report history (3 register entries)

Every individual register entry for Estriol in the tracked sources, newest first — including resolved and discontinued reports.

Reg.	Product	Status	Reported	Expected end	Stated reason
🇬🇧 UK	Estriol (Ovestin® 1mg cream) 0.1% cream substitution (SSP024)	Resolved	2022-05-18	2022-11-29	Serious Shortage Protocol (DHSC)
🇬🇧 UK	Estriol (Ovestin® 1mg cream) 0.1% cream substitution and restriction (	Resolved	2022-05-18	2022-11-29	Serious Shortage Protocol (DHSC)
🇬🇧 UK	Ovestin® 1mg cream restriction (SSP020)	Resolved	2022-04-28	2022-11-29	Serious Shortage Protocol (DHSC)

Frequently asked

Is Estriol currently in shortage in Europe?

No. As of 7 August 2026, none of the 10 tracked official registers list an active availability issue for Estriol.

Where does this Estriol availability data come from?

Directly from the official medicines-agency register that lists Estriol: NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocols (UK). Every row on this page links to the underlying official record, and the dataset is refreshed from the primary sources every morning. Cross-language matching groups the same active substance across registers, so national spellings all resolve to this page.

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Cite: “Estriol: availability status across 1 European registers — European Medicine Shortage Tracker (MobiDoctor), 7 August 2026.” Link this page and the agency record. Statuses come from the linked official registers and can change daily.