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[Christine79]

Hello, I am considering asking for a swap to sandrena from oestrogel which is no longer working for me (I've reported the new bottles). I am cautious to try patches as I'm allergic to alot of plasters.
I'm just wondering how you are all finding it. I'm on 4 pumps of oestrogel at present.
Thanks 💚

[Banjo1973]

Hi Christine,

I switched from 3 pumps of good oestrogel (6 pumps of the new useless stuff). I started with 1.5mg of Sandrena, it wasn't quite enough so moved to 2 sachets.

It really has been great for me.

Good luck x

[Christine79]

Thanks for the speedy response. Do use all once a day or split am/pm?

[Banjo1973]

Hi,

For me I find Sandrena works better with a split dose. I never bothered with Oestrogel (except when it stopped working).

But with Sandrena, I do find that on work days, if I've put my gel on before 7am, I find by 4 or 5pm I'm a bit anxious. So I do 1 sachet 6.30am 1 sachet 4pm

On a lazy day like today, only got out of the bath at 2pm! I put both sachets on the

But on a normal non-work day I might use 1.5 late morning then 0.5 in the eve.

You'll have to play around with it x

[Sue1972]

I split mine. I take 1 sachet in the morning and 0.5 in the evening. Works well for me.

[Christine79]

GP changed my prescription today to 2x1mg sachets a day. She was unsure about taking them all once a day or slipping the dose. I will see what the leaflet says in packaging. I feel anxious about starting something new.

[Sue1972]

Hi Christone79 ,

I would possibly start off with 1.5mg and see how you go and then increase if needs be. I have had a review with my doctor today and she did state that 1.5mg was really the maximum women should be taking. She did say it would be okay to increase odd times when I felt I needed too. But if I was going to increase permanently I would have to increase the Utrogesten. I currently take 2 tablets every 2 weeks.

Alternatively reduce if you feel 2 sachets is too much.

I do feel the Sandrena is stronger than the Oestrogel.

I hope this helps. x



 

[joziel]

Hey folks - I have just today switched to Sandrena from Oestrogel.

I'm on 4mg Sandrena, which should equal about 8 pumps of Oestrogel although we absorb these products differently so who knows.

I find it was much stickier for much longer than the Oestrogel but luckily it did then absorb. And there is generally much less (quantity) of gel on me, so there is less of me which is sticky(!?!).

Not feeling anything different yet. I just hope my sleep improves.

The ongoing saga of getting my NHS GP to prescribe the right quantity of things continues. I have a little rural surgery where you go to the practice itself to get your prescriptions a few days after ordering them. And often what you've ordered turns out to be something else when you collect it    This time I've got just one month's worth of Sandrena so will have to request more in a couple of weeks. I don't know if it's because I've switched to a new product or if calculating how many sachets I need for a month is just too much Maths....