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Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: Winkle on March 22, 2016, 05:40:22 PM

Title: Prempak c
Post by: Winkle on March 22, 2016, 05:40:22 PM

Please help me. I've been on Prempak c for nearly 2 months and my depression is through the roof! Could it be this that's causing it?  I just want to curl up and disappear

Title: Re: Prempak c
Post by: Hurdity on March 22, 2016, 06:11:56 PM

Sorry to hear you feel like this Winkle.

Unfortunately this is a very old fashioned type of HRT - it consists of horse oestrogens and a synthetic progestogen and happens to be the cheapest. Some women are fine on them but I have read of others who react badly to them. 3 months is the usual period of time to try an HRT type to see if it suits you but in this case I wouldn't want to be on this type at all so I would change if you can!

Depending on your age and stage in menopause I would suggest you try Femoston - 1 mg or 2 mg depending on what dose of prempak you were on. This contains bio-identical estradiol (same as in our bodies) and the progestogen is very close to our own progesterone and generally well tolerated.

Hurdity x

Title: Re: Prempak c
Post by: Winkle on March 22, 2016, 08:22:02 PM

Thanks Hurdity. I'm on 0.625, I'm 48 and in very early stages

Title: Re: Prempak c
Post by: Jackie_w on March 22, 2016, 08:35:36 PM

I was first out in Prempack-c, I didn't have any bad symptoms of menopause, just night sweats, hair loss and forgetfulness.  First couple of weeks felt great, was sleeping brilliantly, then the mood swings started (and I didn't have them before).

I went back to doc and she gave me Femoston, it's brilliant.