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[dazned]

I have just returned from my new fabulous GP.

Told her that I was considering starting back on hrt,Im not at the moment but you never know 

Said I wanted a patch and would like to try testosterone for low libedo and aches etc.

No problems,got prescription for femseven and testogel 2% . Just wanted to let you know that it is possible to get T from gp on national health.

I took her the MM magazine and showed her the website which she was very interested in said it will help her other ladies greatly.

So big          for her !

[Annie0710]

Congrats on a) bagging your GP and b) her listening and prescribing T

X

[linz57]

Excellent dazned, it gives us all hope . A decent doctor makes such a huge difference in our lives, well done you!

[matildamouse]

Lovley outcome for you Dazned. And great idea to take the magazine!

[Tempest]

That's great news Dazned!

Just as a precaution, make sure your estrogen levels are sufficient before you start the Testosterone. Other ladies are possibly having problems in this area and my specialist warned that you need to have sufficient estrogen n board to avoid becoming Androgen dominant.

Check with your GP before you start!

Hugs,

Tempest xxxx

[dazned]

I wont be using any of it yet,having a hrt break for now.   

Just wanted to let those wanting to try it that you can get it from gp on NHS its whether the gp wants to 

[Stillsearching]

Hi dazned

Can I ask how old you are please? I decided to take a break 2 months ago having been told I could just stop. I've changed GP since then and she's told me at my age (59) it isn't advisable to restart. She's made me an appointment at the menopause clinic before she will make a decision. My appointment is the end of December. In the meantime the hot flushes and nightsweats are driving me crazy.

[dazned]

57 ,well next week I will be 

[Hurdity]

I would give a very cautious welcome to this news and express the same caveats as Tempest.

It is great that GPs are taking the NICE Guidelines seriously and thus giving hope to thousands of women - but in the wrong hands and with insufficient expert information there could be a backlash due to side effects.

Up until now most prescriptions of testosterone have been given by specialist gynaes or very knowledgeable GPs and as far as I understand most have - as Tempest said - been on relatively high doses of oestrogen, and just as important I feel, bio-identical HRT regimes - ie both oestrogen and progesterone. One would need to be very careful not to overdose and tip the balance in favour of androgens, with only a medium dose HRT.

I would also be very wary of taking testosterone with synthetic progestogens - especially the androgenic ones such as levonorgestrel as is found in Femseven. I mean I have no idea how they react and how this would affect other added androgens - and I wonder even if work has been done on this as there is so little work done on testosterone in women?

Finally as far as I  know it, testogel (that I use) comes in 1% ( as does Testim) but the 2% formulation is Tostran, (unless t here are others that I don't yet know about!) which I would say is less suitable for women especially those who only need a tiny dose - because it is more difficult to adjust and a small change in size of blob could make a big difference.  - as a menopausal woman I only need a small pea-sized blob and I can't imagine trying to use half a pea! As it is I have increased my oestrogen dose from 50 mcg ( as is in Femseven) to 62.5 because of worries about androgen dominance.

I don't want to sound like a killjoy - but as Tempest said - I would reintroduce oestrogen for some months before thinking about T and I would use progesterone and not one of the synthetics. This is my personal view based on my limited knowledge of hormones, as well as some intuition - which might be way off!

It's a good start though!!!

Hurdity x