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[PoppyPopcorn]

The SSP on Estradot has been extended again and I am rapidly running out. I cannot use Evorel as I am allergic to the glue. I tried the gel and felt absolutely dreadful on it, GP reckoned I don't absorb it. (I am on estrogen only as I have had a hysterectomy)

So given that it looks like Estradot supplies are going to be difficult for some time, has anyone had experiences with FemSeven? I understand they are difficult to keep stuck on but happy to use tape or dressing covers.

[bombsh3ll]

Firstly what about oral tablets? Unless you have a genuine medical contraindication this is the easiest and most reliable form of delivery.

It is why we use the mouth and not the skin to deliver almost every other medication.

The number of women who would have to take oral estrogen for a year to cause one extra thrombotic event is greater than 4000. This is statistically significant but not clinically significant for healthy users.

If you really do need to use a patch, I would recommend the following to improve adhesion:

clean the area with rubbing alcohol first to strip the natural oils from the skin
use warmth to bond the patch to your skin eg hand warmer or hair dryer
apply a square of hypafix dressing about 1cm larger than the patch over the top

someone else on here recommended tattoo film which seemed to work well although i have no personal experience with that. The above was recommended by my IVF clinic when I used the patches short term for IVF.

As a short term measure you may just have to accept the extra cost of changing the femseven as often as you need to rather than trying to eke it out for the full 7 days and being suboptimally treated after the edges have come up and it is hanging on by a thread.

I would not personally regard patches as a long term solution as they itched and did not stick reliably or for as long as they claim to.

[Fianna]

Femseven don't stick! I use tegaderm film over the top, I buy it on amazon

https://amzn.eu/d/9Pc0mqf

[Booroo]

Femseven don't stick! I use tegaderm film over the top, I buy it on amazon

https://amzn.eu/d/9Pc0mqf

Yep me too! Stays on even if I have a bath

[sheila99]

You can get estraderm on the ssp. I'm allergic to evorel too but am OK on estraderm - though they're the size of a plastic bag and don't stick so well. Let us know how you get with femseven if you try it? I'm not so keen something changed once a week, if they don't stick the supply will soon run out.