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Drovelis (estetrol/drospirenone) experience/diary

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Konijntje:
Small update: For the last few days I’ve been supplementing with estradiol (1 mg tablets), because the estetrol dose in Drovelis is obviously too low for me. Or maybe the estetrol is just not working well for me, I’m not sure without comparison or a way to up that specific dose.

I’m nauseous, which is a temporary side effect from estradiol (both oral and transdermal) for me, so that will probably subside in 2 weeks. (Estetrol doesn’t make me nauseous at all, which was a big plus). I’m having less hot flushes and sleeping slightly better, hopefully this will get better after longer. My dizziness is not gone, but I think it is a bit better. My dry mouth has improved considerily, so besides the diuretic effect from drospirenone, it was probably caused partly by low estrogen. It’s not gone, but tolerable now, I wanted to know if drospirenone could work for me as a progestin, because Slynd/Slinda with estrogen is another option. My back pain also might have improved slightly, but still pretty bad, so still not sure if that is caused by the progestin or low estrogen or something else.

So, I think my adding estrogen experiment is working well, although I’m still not feeling great. Drospirenone might turn out to be an option for me. I still think I’ll probably ask to try qlaira first, before considering Slinda/Slynd (I think it’s called Slinda in EU and Slynd in UK?) with estrogen, because I do find the diuretic effect very annoying, so I’m hoping dienogest might work better for me. I’d still prefer to not to have to take a progestin at all, so I might look into getting Duavive abroad at some point. It is still available in Belgium, but I’m not sure if I could get it there, how that works with getting prescriptions and so on.

Konijntje:
This will probably be my last post in this diary. I’m not sure if I’ll stay a member here, because I don’t think I fit in well here. I did find other diaries very helpful, so want to wrap this one up for people that seek information on Drovelis.

I don’t think Drovelis is the right fit for me, I will keep taking it until my next appointment, because they always say: “try for 3 months” and it has been 6 weeks now I think? So, I do want to give it a bit more time, but my hopes aren’t high.

I think it can be a good fit for people that do well on drospirenone, I really don’t like the diuretic effect and I’m not sure it’s great in other aspects either for me. It seems better than other progestins mood wise, but I’ve noticed my mood not being great either, it’s more of a contant slightly low mood instead of really low or high anxiety.
The estetrol I’m not sure about, I do like that it doesn’t make me nauseous at all (estradiol does) and at first my symptoms like hot flushes did seem to reduce. But now my symptoms are pretty much all back and I’m unsure if the estetrol is too low of a dose, if it just doesn’t work well for me or if the drospirenone is the culprit. When it comes out as standalone as hrt, I might like to try (if I’ve found a better suited progestin) again, because of the better safety profile when taking it orally (it doesn’t get metabolized by the liver and has less clotting risk than oral estradiol).

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