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[Yorkshire Girl]

Went to Dr's today for review appt, they are able to get my Everol 100mg patches direct from the manufacturer which is good news. Really didn't want to have to change.

Good news but isn't Evorel going to be unobtainable after the end of October until mid 2020? I think that's confirmed on the link posted previously 

Yes as far as I'm aware, both the Gp & pharmacist said they are not having problems getting hold of it not sure if it's because I'm on the 100's.

[Bettythecat]

You can do that, but it's finding an online pharmacy that has any in stock as I had a look the other day and couldn't find any in the uk. I have read that people are using online pharmacies abroad but I think you also have to pay for an online consultation x

Thanks Countrygirl. I think you're right. I have 6 weeks supply left but want to try and make provision for after that. Has anyone switched from Evorel patches to Oestrogel? That's assuming that Oestrogel is still available...
My GP is lovely but she tends to prescribe without any awareness of what's actually available. I'm on my fourth change of product since January - all because of supply issues. I was settled on Evorel Conti but have been switched to Kliovan, Evorel 50 and utregestan and now Evorel 100 and utregestan. Any experiences or advice gratefully received x

[bear]

Hi girls,

Some online pharmacies are already out of stock of Estradot. Oxford online only has the 25 patches.

BeaR.

[KiltedCupid]

I got estraderm patches online recently no problem. I bought the 100's as it's better value to chop them up to 25's.

[bear]

Erm..., isn't Estraderm a reservoir patch that cannot be cut?

BeaR.

[KiltedCupid]

Hi BeaR - mine aren't, they're just like evorel, but bigger.

[bear]

Ah, yes, Estraderm MX! 

BeaR.

[Dancing Queen]

I managed to get their last box of evorel sequi from Sainsburys pharmacy today. As I suspect there will be no more next month I am thinking of cutting them in half to make them last 2 months and if I feel ok going cold turkey. I really dont want to swap to another type of hrt again. Has anyone else done this?

[vickypk]

Hi all. Got my evorel conti patches today from my chemist. Pleased all was okay
Vicky x

[Katejo]

Hi all. Got my evorel conti patches today from my chemist. Pleased all was okay
Vicky x

Is that an independent chemist? I can't get any.

[bear]

Hi girls,

Theramex is finally talking https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/hormone-replacement-therapy-uk-shortage-women-498769

BeaR.

[vickypk]

Hi katejo. Yes it is an independent chemist. The pharmacist is happy to get the patches direct from the manufacturers.
Vicky x

[Taz2]

I managed to get their last box of evorel sequi from Sainsburys pharmacy today. As I suspect there will be no more next month..

My Sainsbury's pharmacy has said that there will be no more Evorel available after the end of October until mid 2020 so hopefully you will get yours next month. I'm lucky in that I don't need progesterone due to hysterectomy and I've been rationing mine for the last few months on the advice of both pharmacist and GP. I've got three months saved up now. I've had a few flushes lately though. Hope it's all resolved by next year!

Taz x

[Zara69]

I'm just back from Palma Majorca ... I went into 8 pharmacies (everywhere I went) , all so helpful but I only managed to buy 3 boxes of evopad 50 (Evorel 50) they did have a couple boxes of 25 strength, they all checked stock/tried to order but showed me on the computer they were unable to due to supplier problems...

[bear]

Hi girls,

How many women in the UK are on HRT?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hrt-hormone-therapy-shortage-women-menopause-mental-health-a9091981.html 3,400,000 women age 50-64, 12% 400,000 and 2,500,000 prescriptions/year

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49308083 (1,000,000)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/10/national-hrt-shortage-leaves-200000-menopausal-women-suffering/ 200,000

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23/documents/menopause-draft-guideline-nice2 NICE 17% 1,000,00

https://menopausesupport.co.uk/?page_id=60 13,000,000 are peri or postmenopausal

My own calculations:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/articles/overviewoftheukpopulation/august2019

Considering that 12% is the right figure of women on HRT in the UK (despite NICE's 17%) and that around 3,400,000 women are between age 50-64, around 400,000 women in the UK are on HRT and get an average of  6-7 prescriptions/year, which corroborates the annual 2,500,000 prescriptions.

If you consider all women over 50 (peri and postmenopausal) you have around 12,276,000 women (13,000,000) and if 12% are on HRT, 1,473,120 women are on HRT

Maybe that's another factor contributing to the shortages, bad statistics! How can the pharmaceutical companies project sales and manufacturing  numbers if the basic HRT users stats are not consistent?

BeaR.