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[Ellie2]

Dear ladies

I think both Scandinavia and the UK have more or less the same system with national healthcare and prescription medication being covered partial or in full by the system.

Here we pay in full for anything that is not labeled as chronic diseases. For chronic we get a partial refund and we get to pick up for 3 months use depending on dosage.

Funnily enough menopause is chronic, but it is not labelled a disease so no refund. Induced menopause would however be refunded. But that means that I can play with the dosage and pick up as much or as little as needed. It's not very expensive either.

We don´t have menopause clinics so finding a doctor that knows her stuff is an equal struggle.

Within your NHS I understand that some types of HRT is not available country wide?
I also seem to pick up that HRT is on your refund program and that you can only pick up as much as the dosage indicates?

[CLKD]

Morning.  How's the weather up there, it's foul in the Midlands 

In the UK for those on regular prescriptions, it is often cheaper to buy a yearly 'ticket'.  Prescriptions are issued monthly, in that extra medication can't be given [clear as mud].  If I am going to be away from home [prior to 2020] at the time I could pick up my script, I would ask for it 2B brought forwards rather than going to a pharmacy whilst on holiday, a phaff 2 find 1 and a phaff to make time to visit and explain what I needed.

Some carry their prescriptions with them when travelling abroad in case of emergencies.  As well as their Surgery phone/fax numbers.

We don't have a refund system.  If drugs don't suit a person, they go into an incinerator - such a waste  . I believe some forms of HRT are scarce across parts of the UK.

[Aprilflower]

Prescriptions cost £9.35 per each item, different now in Scotland I believe.  After 60 years of age prescriptions are free, as they are for children.

Oh, forget to say.  If you see a private doctor the prescription would be the full price of the medication, which can be very expensive.  I have no idea how much HRT would be at full cost.

[Ellie2]

Thank you

So, this means that if you use i.e Lenzetto and the dr. prescribes one dose but you take two, you cannot pick up another when you run out?

The cost for HRT isn't too bad. Lenzetto; about 14 pounds and around 45 for 90xUtrogestan 100 mg

[Ellie2]

The weather is picking up! But it's been an awful spring with snow, rain and cold temperatures. Paired with lockdown... What a time to be alive 

[PeriWhat?!]

I don't know if this is up to date, but there's a lot of info on costs here if you click on the drop-down menu:
https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/treatment.php

[sheila99]

The weather is picking up! But it's been an awful spring with snow, rain and cold temperatures. Paired with lockdown... What a time to be alive 

But at least we are alive. Rather rotten weather here than sun and covid death rates in India.

[Ellie2]

But at least we are alive. Rather rotten weather here than sun and covid death rates in India.

So, so, so true!
We are lucky compared to other parts of the world.

[CLKD]

Do U need a Doctor's letter to be seen by a Specialist in Sweden or are you able to self refer?

Did U get the chance to see the programme by Davina McCall - U may B able to access it via catchup?

[Ellie2]

I´m in Norway and we can choose to either use "our" NHS or go private.
For a consultation with a specialist I need a referral from my GP, but I can also choose to go private without a referral and pay full price. If I go by referral I only pay a small percentage.

I follow Louise Newson on instagram/website and listen to her podcasts, so I've picked up on that documentary. I'd love to see it and will try to find out if I can stream it somewhere.

[CLKD]

WHOOPS - can U tell who didn't do well in Geography 

That's Grieg country of course  and fjords .  Do U get to see the Lights often?

[CLKD]

"Sex, Myth and Menopause" is the programme you'll be looking for.

[Ellie2]

I grew up with the aurora and the midnight sun, but moved south many years ago.
While the aurora is beautiful you can keep the midnight sun. It keeps you awake all night and you pay by months of darkness during winter 

My grandmother was afraid of the northern light. She had learned that it could swipe down and take you if you weren't careful.

[KarineT]

Soory to say this but the natural menopause, although problematic for most of us, is not a disease and is part of ageing.  I only wish that it happened in later life and not while we are still working.  I was hoping that I would reach the menopause aged 60 but this didn't happen.  I had my last perion in January 2020 and I was still 49 at the time. I turned 50 in October 2020.  I often wonder if men go through a hormonal decline and if they are affected by it like we are.

[Aprilflower]

Soory to say this but the natural menopause, although problematic for most of us, is not a disease and is part of ageing.  I only wish that it happened in later life and not while we are still working.  I was hoping that I would reach the menopause aged 60 but this didn't happen.  I had my last perion in January 2020 and I was still 49 at the time. I turned 50 in October 2020.  I often wonder if men go through a hormonal decline and if they are affected by it like we are.

I agree 👍.  A disease to me is something that can be avoided.  Unfortunately you can't avoid the menopause.  Also it has such widely different effects on women. What is needed is better knowledge for both women and their doctors.