I was put on Oestrogel by a Private Meno clinic back in the early 90s - I then used it through peri and post meno - so great because I only needed one pump per day through peri and upped it to just under 2 pumps when I felt I needed it post meno. AFter the Clinic prescribed the Oestrogel I was able to get it from the GP. I had premature menopause so had to have HRT and all the HRTs the GP tried me on gave me nasty side effects. If you look at the list of Oestrogens to the left of this screen it doesn't seem that expensive - I think GPs are generally not equipped or trained to deal with meno and the various treatments - they just look in their little book and pick at random and often the cheapest. Maybe the HRT treatments are set out in this book in a certain way and, unless they actively seek out alternative approaches to HRT treatment, it may not be something they will know about. REading many of the posts on this site, so many women report that when they mention Oestrogel their GPs they simply don't know what it is!!!!!
I also one of the issues with using Oestrogel is the fact you have to use a separate progesterone and they maybe feel women won't like having to remember to use this. It is so much easier to just have a pack of pills that you take everyday and they are set out in the order you take them.
DG x
