Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Itwillpass]

Hurdity, my gp has told me to take 200mg vaginally for 12 days but reading on here a lot of ladies only use 100mg every 12 days, so didn’t know if it would work. I didn’t really want to pester my gp so soon as only started this regime a week ago 

[Hurdity]

OK! Yes I see this was discussed. I havent been on the forum for a few days. The 100 mg vaginally for 12 days per cycle is very much off-licence although some small scale studies show it is effective in protecting the endometrium at half the dose vaginally than orally - this was for medium and low doses of oestrogen. As far as I recall no higher dose was used than 50 mcg patches. The higher the oestrogen dose the greater the amount of progesterone needed to protect the womb. I would start with the licensed dose (ie 200 mg) and see how you go then reduce if you're bleeds are not heavy and coming at the right time - consulting with your doc, or having regular scans to check all is well on that front

Hurdity x

[Cassie]

Hi Hurdity you mention 50mcg of oestrogen in the patches, I assume this is delivered over a period of time? I presume this is less than the 1 pump of gel I use daily? By rubbing it in, I am unsure as to how much oestrogen I am actually absorbing daily in mgs or mcgs.  The  gel instructions say 2 pumps delivers 1.5mg I use 1 sometimes half a pump daily,  dont really know if this is considered safe to use with 100mg utro x 12 days, but have been doing so for many years.