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Author Topic: how often do you need to request your HRT?  (Read 2130 times)

Pixie

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Re: how often do you need to request your HRT?
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2024, 08:33:14 PM »
6 months of patches at a time.
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joziel

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Re: how often do you need to request your HRT?
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2024, 09:14:01 PM »
Where do all you people getting 3 months and 6 months at a time live??

Hurdity, I also live in rural SW. In Wiltshire, but pretty close to the Dorset border.
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sheila99

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Re: how often do you need to request your HRT?
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2024, 06:14:24 AM »
I think it depends on the surgery. There are 2 in our small town, mine gives me 3 months whilst OH's will only prescribe 1 month for anything (though he hasn't asked about hrt yet  :)).
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Twinmummi123

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Re: how often do you need to request your HRT?
« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2024, 12:39:55 PM »
When the GP was prescribing gel and utrogestan I got 1 month at a time and agree it’s really inconvenient.

Since NHS menopause clinic appt I’ve got 6 month of patches (I changed from gel) and a box of testogel which will last 10 months (this was because the chemist wouldn’t split a box) my utrogestan is still monthly, despite asking every month for 3!

I’m planning on asking the nurse prescriber to increase utrogestan to 6 months at my next appt.
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joziel

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Re: how often do you need to request your HRT?
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2024, 12:45:19 PM »
I am wondering if this is about the utrogestan shortage, although I don't think it can be as I seem to be getting Gepretix now....
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CLKD

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Re: how often do you need to request your HRT?
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2024, 02:41:24 PM »
NHS advice is 1 month at a time to avoid wastage.  With estriol I get two tubes at a time.  Our surgery won't prescribe over the monthly NHS advice.

When I think how patients go into Hospital taking their meds., then get sent home with more of the same or totally different meds.: ......... much of which are never used  :-\

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