Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: KaraShannon on March 14, 2023, 11:13:30 PM
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Hi all
I ordered Ovestin from superdrug online doctor.
Haven't used it yet but going to give it a go tomorrow. What are other's experiences?
On another note I asked the pharmacist in superdrug if it's possible to get testosterone over the counter and she looked at me very strangely, as if I wanted to do something weird, maybe grow a moustache or something ;D Then said she didn't have any idea.
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Ovestin can sting on the labia sometimes when first using it especially if your sore, so I apply a layer of Bepanthan afterwads or you can use a moisturiser of your choice.
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Ovestin stung when I first used it but with advice on here I bought Sylk moisturiser to mix with it and problem solved. Once my body got used to it I no longer have any stinging.
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Ovestin is good but gave me stomach ache after 10 days loading :'( But that's just my stupid body,doesn't like anything much medication wise ;D
Are you sure she was a pharmacist? They should definitely know about these things
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Interesting jaypo as someone mentioned a few days ago that 'ovestin' was causing problems :-\
Well we *are* all weird ....... even U and me and even U are a little bit ............. ;)
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At first Ovestin stung as my skin was so sore. I have now been using it daily for two years without any issues. I insert is using Sylk to help it glide in and I mix a little with Sylk or Yes VM and apply to the outer area. I hope it helps you. :)
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Interesting jaypo as someone mentioned a few days ago that 'ovestin' was causing problems :-\
Well we *are* all weird ....... even U and me and even U are a little bit ............. ;)
Just a little though clkd ;D
I think I'm in the minority who just can't tolerate it,when I stopped using it,the stomach pains went but don't let my experience put you off, I can barely tolerate anything much,no idea why 🤷♀️
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Ovestin is good but gave me stomach ache after 10 days loading :'( But that's just my stupid body,doesn't like anything much medication wise ;D
Are you sure she was a pharmacist? They should definitely know about these things
Jaypo,
I used ovestin last night. Interestingly there was no migraine or tinnitus which I seem to get with the vaginal tablets.
But strangely tonight I have stomach ache! I never get stomach ache, I mean never.
I came here after googling ovestin as it's the only thing I've done differently and I tend to react to new medications also. So interesting that you said it gave you stomach ache. I know I've only had one dose, but I cannot think of anything else that would have caused this.
I've not been well with cellulitis and been off my food, but for the last 3 days I've been eating again and haven't had any problems. It might be something to do with that. I'll give the ovestin a chance but I'm going to leave it another week. Glad of one thing though, it didn't cause any migraine or sensitivity to sound that I usually have after vaginal tablets.
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I would ask for another medication. Nowt is worth having pains for!
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It may just be a reaction Kara and your body will get used to it in time,I've tried everything vagifem,vagirux and ovestin all with the same outcome which is a bloody pest as the vagifem definitely helped but I couldn't function with stomach pains every day :'(
Give it another few days but if the pains persist I'd try something else,keeping my fingers crossed for you x
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I got stomach cramps when I first used Vagifem but it only lasted a couple of weeks and I've never had it since, been using 7 years now and Ovestin 5 years.
Ovestin is a different hormone to vagifem and targets different receptors so maybe you're more sensitive to one and not the other.
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Thanks Jaypo and Dierdre
I'll leave it for a week as I'm just getting over cellulitis and want to make sure the stomach ache is not to do with anything else. I've still got it today. I slept ok, was a bit worried I'd wake up with an upset stomach or something but no, just this low down ache and every so often a grumble. As if I've swallowed something whole and my stomach's got to work at digesting it for days.
Ovestin was the only thing that I did differently, didn't eat anything differently or anything else and it's so unusual for me.
Other than that I'm ok, can't remember if I was supposed to put on another estradiol patch before today's change to combined patch, I think I've over stretched the patches in the last fortnight as I was ill, so I might have left each one on longer than I should. Feeling a bit like something is off, so it's probably that.
I seem to come here when I'm a 'bit off.' ;D
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Don't we all ;D
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;D
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::) ........ where else would we go ;)
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::) ........ where else would we go ;)
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Well I took the tiniest amount of ovestin last night.
Like the vaginal tablets (I've tried them all), it helps me sleep. I always sleep better on the nights I use it which is very weird but so predictable that I actually think I should use it when I need to get a good night's sleep, lol.
No stomach ache yet, so possibly that stomach ache before was part of me getting over the illness I had.
I hope so because one good thing about ovestin, it doesn't seem to be causing migraines or sensitivity to sound like the tablets always do.
Hope it'll be good for me but I haven't used the right amount yet so we'll see.
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Use what is necessary.
We have a 'noise' thread here somewhere ::)
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Something else that's weird, probably not due to the ovestin, but the hair on my toes is slightly back. ;D
Before you all shudder, it was very slight, but I always noticed it because I have dark hair and it was identical to my dad's toes and we always laughed about it.
I haven't seen it for a looooong time. But in the last week I see it, much more slight, most people wouldn't notice it, but it's there.
I've been off food for 3 weeks with an illness, it makes me wonder if the fasting has allowed my body to produce some testosterone again.
Who knows. Or that tiny bit of ovestin has done it. But I've only just started and if it's that, why didn't the vaginal tablets do it. Can some oestrogens allow you to make testosterone more easily than others?
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I have a couple of hairs on each of my big toes too,quite attractive when I comb them to one side ;D
It's a hormonal thing, I think
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My dark hair is genetic. Yesterday I was tweezing my chin and could see this 'spider' out of the corner of an eye :o. When I moved the hand, it disappeared. It was a long, black hair on a finger :rofl: good job that I didn't swat it :o
I have thick hairs on my toes too.
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I have a couple of hairs on each of my big toes too,quite attractive when I comb them to one side ;D
It's a hormonal thing, I think
Jaypo, I don't mind them at all, they were always there when I was younger and very fit and full of energy.
So when they disappeared I figured my strength had gone with them, I definitely have a lot of fatigue now.
Just wondering did the ovestin do something, but I've hardly taken any, just a blob each time (twice, the last time I mentioned when I thought it'd given me stomach ache).
I want them back because I think they were a sign of me having healthy testosterone levels ;D
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My dark hair is genetic. Yesterday I was tweezing my chin and could see this 'spider' out of the corner of an eye :o. When I moved the hand, it disappeared. It was a long, black hair on a finger :rofl: good job that I didn't swat it :o
I have thick hairs on my toes too.
;D
Mine was genetic but it has been gone for a number of years. I always had it before.
Just strange that I come out of an illness where I fasted for over 2 weeks and then see my toe hair is partly back, lol.
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I worked with a girl who had PCOS and one of the symptoms was hairy toes,so my guess it's oestrogen related
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I worked with a girl who had PCOS and one of the symptoms was hairy toes,so my guess it's oestrogen related
Interesting Jaypo, the thing is my oestrogen was too high for a number of months and it wasn't there then. Hormones are so confusing.
It's slightly returned with a slight reduction in my oestrogen. But only in the last week or so. And after having tried a small amount of ovestin twice.