Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: devonhil on December 14, 2013, 11:41:19 AM
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Having fretted for the last fortnight about getting HRT I'm just back from my GP.
I picked carefully (female mid-fifties post meno) and she was brilliant! No blood tests or questions - only a blood pressure check. Totally accepted that my symptoms suggested menopause and she listened to my request for bio-identical HRT and prescribed 4 months of oestrogel and utragestan (200mg) :)
She said that she was impressed that I'd done some research and knew what I wanted. btw she didn't know the brand name utragestan and thought that only synthetic progesterone was available. She had to look it up as micronised progesterone so a heads up for anyone else who may need to explain that to their GP.
Just waiting for the chemist to get hold of it (I live in a rural area so it's a bit exotic for my local Boots!). Roll on feeling better!
Hope this inspires others to ask outright for what they would like
hil
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Really pleased for you.
Useful to know about the phrase micronised progesterone.
Well done.
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So glad you have had success devonhil! Hope it works for you. :) Just shows that you need to pick doctors carefully.
On all my posts where I recommend progesterone, specifically Utrogestan, I refer to the term "micronised progesterone" as this is a universal situation. As I also explained when I first requested it, the book that the GP looks it up in -only lists micronised progesterone as you have also found devonhil.
Also just to remind everyone of the correct spelling as Utrogestan to avoid any possible misunderstandings with GPs - and giving them no excuses not to have heard of it!
Hurdity :)
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You are right about the spelling Hurdity - I was convinced it was ULtrogestan ::)
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You can help your GP loads then!
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Fab Hil how many pumps of Oestrogel I was on Femston 2/10 and having a few hot flushes so am on 3/4 pumps of Oestrogel :)
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Hiya Ellie
she didn't discuss the dosage of estrogel. I kind of assumed it was one pump a day but I was secretly thinking I could tweak it. It's good to know you can use more if needed :)
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You can use up to 4 pumps a day. If I was I would start on 2 pumps which is roughly equivalent to Femston 1/10 the lower dose Femston.