Hot weather (above 90oF) does affect patches and can cause a decrease in their potency. If you live in a tropical region like me, you've done unhealthy amounts of research about this. Like this article, which admittedly doesn't deal with peri/menopausal treatment but looks at our patches:
https://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/8/4/EC-19-0025.xmlNot only that, but you also have to find out about the cold-chain of custody that your patches have gone through to get to you. I have been waiting for two months for my pharmacy to respond to my inquiry asking them whether they transport these medications in temperature-controlled vehicles or not. As I live in a place that is above 90oF every day between June and September....it's sort of important to me. I'm not holding my breath for a reply.
I've been trying the patches (of varying sizes and shapes) since late April - just yesterday switched to gel packets (Divigel - it's pre-filled daily packets of gel) as I've been feeling really crap again and did not seem to be consistently responding to the patches.
Good luck. And I'm sorry.
