A woman described how she may be forced to give up work amid a shortage of hormone replacement therapy treatment as the menopause started to "ruined her life".
Sarah Smith, 53, from London, said she running out would be "catastrophic" for her physical and mental wellbeing.
Shortages of the medicine, used to treat the symptoms of menopause, have been so severe some women have been forced to travel hundreds of miles in search of it.