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[Ayesha]

Yes, Estradiol is the stronger one. I googled it   

[Dierdre]

I've just looked at this but it's only a 15gm tube so £19.99 not that cheap as my estradiol tube is 80mg

I thought you were using Gynest - Estriol - 0.01% cream 80g. Didn't think there was an Estradiol cream in the UK.

[Ayesha]

I was confused here as I know Estradiol is the Vagifem pessary and Estriol is the cream and as far as I know Estradiol is not available as a cream in the UK. 

[Minusminnie]

The Americans & Canadians can get Estradiol in a cream it is called Estrace.

I wouldn’t mind trying it but you can’t get it here in UK.

[Ayesha]

If Estradiol is sold over the counter in those countries then it would be possible to buy from somewhere like Amazon, but at a price I imagine.
Its interesting here that Estriol cream is only available on prescription (apart from online pharmacies) and yet Vagifem (Gina) is sold over the counter, that's a bit puzzling!   

[Minusminnie]

I’ve never looked but not sure I’d trust Amazon.

But the Ovesse is now estriol cream sold over the counter. It was sat on a shelf next to Gina when I bought it the other day.

[Ayesha]

And that's all that matters, that it's available to buy at a reasonable cost if one ever needed to buy it as a back-up. How any retailer can have it on sale under its scientific name at £55 disgusts me.

[Minusminnie]

I’ve bought Ovesse to try out & compare with my prescribed estriol really. It will be a while before I get to use it as I stick to order of expiry dates on my prescribed tubes !

£55 is for a 80g tube rather than cost of a 15g tube of different % estriol at approx £25.

I certainly wouldn’t buy it to try out or have as a spare @ £55 though. Agree with you there.