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[Penelope]

Hello ladies
I have been on Kliovance 1mg+0.5mg ESt one tablet once a day for 5 and half months.

Sore boobs for last two weeks and a few pimples,bleeding this morning.

Rung doc he said drop to one tablet every other day!

Nooooooooooo I thought to my self I would rather bleed than have all those symptoms back.

And  I need to ask my menopause forum ladies first for their thoughts?

Advice please?

[Dotty]

Hi we?re you post menopause before you started on Kliovance? Had you gone 12 months without a period ? X

[Penelope]

Hi Dotty I had gone about 10-11 months before I started?

[Alicess]

Hi Penolope,

Kliovance contains norethisterone, it can have androgenic side-effects like pimples and may be to strong opposite the amount of estrogen.
You could ask your GP to try Femoston 2/10. It contains dydrogesterone, a mild progestin which is tolerated well by most wonen. I hope it's still available.

Alicess

[Dotty]

Hi Penelope... as you hadn't gone 12 months without a period then you may not be ready for a continuous regime.

Breakthrough bleeding can happen in the first 6 months of starting nay new hrt, so just keep an eye on it. You may be better on a sequential regime x

[sheila99]

I agree with Dotty, I think this is your own hormones at work and you're late peri rather than meno. In your position i would use a sequi regime.

[Penelope]

Thank you ladies they went by my blood tests as well.
Do any of you suggest I take one tablet every other day?

[sheila99]

I don't know the answer but I'd be surprised if it works. Having half a tablet every day (if it's possible to halve them) would give you a more consistent dose than one every other day. There's probably a reason the manufacturer tells you to take it every day. I wonder if you'll get enough prog this way? If you're peri rather than meno even one a day might be too little.

[Penelope]

Thanks Shelia the packet says you can experience break through bleeding us to  six months of use so I think I will just stick with it till then and see what happens .On one every day.

[Alicess]

No , defenitly not every other  day or halving your tablets! You need estrogen every day. If you would take it every other day you'll create a hormone imbalance. Your GP doesn't seem to know much about HRT of hormones!

Alicess

[Dotty]

I agree.... don't take it every other day. That's likely to cause even more bleeding. X

[Penelope]

Thank you I new you ladies would know more than the doctor they are just not reliable at all.
I would actually rather have a bleed than go back to the way I was before starting HRT.