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[jaycee]

It seems very strange doesn't it? i hope it was just a mistake
Can you speak to your Dr on the phone, we can if we can't get an appointment and it is a worrying thing,or instead of an appointment then prescription are electronically sent to the chemist
I have often done,i just ring and he faxes one through  when i get a sinus infection. as i get them often
Sorry if you have mentioned this and i have missed i
At least you might find out what has happened

[Wrensong]

Thanks Jaycee - I hope so too.  Yes - rang Monday hoping to speak to GP but away until tomorrow, so intend to ring again then.  Yes, they do teleconsultations for simple things & I rarely actually go in in person as it seems a waste of their time for straightforward probs that don't involve an exam, but there's correspondence I need to show her & a number of issues have accumulated, so probably about time I went in!  They do send scripts electronically, but sometimes I need to stop that happening & collect one as the pharmacy is a half hour drive away & I can only usually get there once a week.  Seems to be difficult to buck the system & prevent a script going through!  That's when probs tend to arise.

[Hurdity]

Yikes this is all sounding very scary indeed!

oldsheep Utrogestan  . That was one that there was recently no shortage of along with all Besins products. If this starts to become short in supply we're doomed!!

I've just ordered some yesterday from my repeat prescription, as well as Vagifem so will see if it's there on Monday.

As already said you should be able to get these from other suppliers eg I always go to my dispensary attached to my practice as I'm rural so have accepted what they say - but perhaps I might have been able to get Estradot if I'd gone elsewhere?

Hurdity x

[Joaniepat]

Hurdity, I don't think you would have been able to get Estradot elsewhere. I am in Surrey and have been unable to get it from either Boots or Lloyds pharmacies (the only two local ones), nor from any online pharmacies, including Superdrug. I haven't been offered your Estraderm either, they all say no oestrogen patches are available. When my stash runs out (soon!) I'll be back on Oestrogel. Even Sandrena isn't available here.

JP x

[Hurdity]

Thanks joaniepat - but NightNurse has just got some! See other thread. Maybe last remnants of a pharmacy's stock! This is just dire. Did you not like oestrogel? I still have a month's worth of Sandrena left from a while ago but that brought back flushes at the 1 mg dose and it would soon go if i used more....! We're all scrabbling around prepared to try anything!

Hurdity x

[Wrensong]

Old sheep -

There's been a total supply shutdown of both of my HRT prescriptions. Evorel 50 patches and Utrogestan 100. Been on them for 10+ years now. GP didn't inform me. I heard yesterday when I tried to get a repeat of the Utrogestan.

Wondering whether I misunderstood this.  Can I ask did you mean GP surgery has suddenly declined to prescribe your HRT (as I assumed) or that there's no supply available at your local pharmacies?

Hurdity, when I got back from hols a few days after the BMS availability listing had been published, found pharmacy had substituted Evorel for Estradot.  Label on Evorel said no Estradot available.  Cons has since raised my dose & this time Estradot were supplied as requested.  As the BMS listing of 24 Sept hasn't been updated & the manufacturer was quoted as saying entire Estradot range was available, I assumed that meant no Estradot supply probs for the foreseeable.   So was surprised to be given Evorel instead, which was supposedly in short supply.  Presumably this is the wholesaler exporting issue effect?

If you're having probs getting what you need & have not yet used the Independent Pharmacy, I'd say they'd be worth a try.
Wx

[Katejo]

Old sheep -

There's been a total supply shutdown of both of my HRT prescriptions. Evorel 50 patches and Utrogestan 100. Been on them for 10+ years now. GP didn't inform me. I heard yesterday when I tried to get a repeat of the Utrogestan.

Wondering whether I misunderstood this.  Can I ask did you mean GP surgery has suddenly declined to prescribe your HRT (as I assumed) or that there's no supply available at your local pharmacies?

Hurdity, when I got back from hols end Sept a few days after the BMS availability listing had been published, found pharmacy had substituted Evorel 25mcg for Estradot.  Label on Evorel said no Estradot available.  Cons has since raised my dose to 37.5 & this time Estradot were supplied - last Sat.  As the BMS listing of 24 Sept hasn't been updated & the manufacturer was quoted as saying entire Estradot range was available, I assumed that meant no Estradot supply probs for the foreseeable.   So was nonplussed that I was given Evorel instead, which was supposedly in short supply. 

If you're having probs getting what you need & have not yet used the Independent Pharmacy, I'd say they'd be worth a try.
Wx

My GP practice stopped issuing prescriptions because so many patients had failed to get any HRT from the pharmacies. I told them about the Independent Pharmacy and persuaded them to let me have a prescription. I want to order more now but I suspect that they will say that I am not due another repeat yet. I may have to pay the price displayed on the site.

[Sammiejane]

I'm in Bicester and tried to get Estradot 75 out of stock and the 50

So I'm stuck with Estrogel although not obsorbing ? Everol patch didn't stick and elleste solo had bad side effects so the only other is Estraderm but they are huge and don't really want to mess about with other hrt regime , this is Terrible for us all so I'm unsure what I'm going to do I'm actually contemplated going on contraceptive pill ! And sacking hrt off I'm only 40 and struggling to get a balance on hrt

[Joaniepat]

Thanks joaniepat - but NightNurse has just got some! See other thread. Maybe last remnants of a pharmacy's stock! This is just dire. Did you not like oestrogel? I still have a month's worth of Sandrena left from a while ago but that brought back flushes at the 1 mg dose and it would soon go if i used more....! We're all scrabbling around prepared to try anything!

Hurdity x

I've just managed to find an online pharmacy (which also has a high street presence) which has accepted my NHS prescription for 6 boxes of Estradot 100 patches so I presume they have them in stock. I am not holding my breath and will believe it when I see it! Fingers crossed. I didn't absorb Oestrogel well so hope I don't have to go back to it.

JP x

[Katejo]

Thanks joaniepat - but NightNurse has just got some! See other thread. Maybe last remnants of a pharmacy's stock! This is just dire. Did you not like oestrogel? I still have a month's worth of Sandrena left from a while ago but that brought back flushes at the 1 mg dose and it would soon go if i used more....! We're all scrabbling around prepared to try anything!

Hurdity x

I've just managed to find an online pharmacy (which also has a high street presence) which has accepted my NHS prescription for 6 boxes of Estradot 100 patches so I presume they have them in stock. I am not holding my breath and will believe it when I see it! Fingers crossed. I didn't absorb Oestrogel well so hope I don't have to go back to it.

JP x

Which pharmacy is that please?

[Wrensong]

Katejo

My GP practice stopped issuing prescriptions because so many patients had failed to get any HRT from the pharmacies. I told them about the Independent Pharmacy and persuaded them to let me have a prescription. I want to order more now but I suspect that they will say that I am not due another repeat yet. I may have to pay the price displayed on the site.

Sorry to hear that, but well done for persuading your surgery to let you have a script.  I've been afraid the recent meta-analysis publication combined with the HRT shortages may be causing reluctance to prescribe & hope that's not what's behind my HRT items having apparently been deleted from repeat order.  Both issues must have increased the load on already stretched GP surgeries & pharmacies alike.  I hate to make a fuss, but these are meds we all need to be able to function.

[Wrensong]

Hi Sammiejane, I've noticed some of your posts here & there & get the impression you are really struggling.  I'm so sorry - you are far too young to be without effective hormone replacement.  I know in an ideal world none of us would have to go private & that sadly many can't afford the luxury of that approach, but as you've said you're near Bicester, if you haven't yet been to Newson Health in fairly nearby Stratford-on-Avon & can afford it, I think they may be a good choice to help you onto the right road.  An initial private consultation in any specialty is usually far longer than the NHS can afford to provide (to the frustration of many wonderful NHS doctors), so for those of us with complex histories or who for whatever reason need time for comprehensive discussion, this can be both Godsend & huge relief.   Their very helpful website lists costs etc & I rang & explained my situation beforehand, asking to be assigned to the most appropriate doctor & that worked out well for me.  This will not solve the supply shortages we're all facing, but you should get sensible, sympathetic, specialist advice there.

Sorry for taking this thread off topic, ladies - just concerned for Sammiejane.

[Amanda61]

Thanks for posting.  I can't get Femoston 1/10 anywhere and now I realise from reading on here that getting an alternative isn't going to be easy. I've made an appointment with the doctor in the hope he can get his book out and find me something similar.  Just when I thought I'd found my life saver.   God help us - the pharmacists said it's not just HRT being affected :-(

[Butterfly22]

My whole journey with HRT has been a joke! This is just the icing on the cake this malarkey. Xx

[Orangefoot]

I'm trying and failing to get Estradot 75. No pharmacy in Southampton has it and none can get it. The online pharmacies don't have it either and I'm worried as I have a Jaydess IUS giving me progesterone and I don't really want the effects of too much of that without the balancing estrogen.

I've asked my GP to see if I can have a gel. Has anyone done this?