Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Aileenf on October 09, 2018, 06:18:41 AM
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Hi folks, that's me three and a half weeks on kliovance and started topping up 10 days ago with 5mg of northisterone, everything going well however I started a migraine on Sunday night and using my medication to dull it, got up this morning and it's stil here, is it just a coincidence or could it be related to the northisterone? Sorry for ramble haven't had a bad one for a while
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Hi Aileenf
That's a lot of norethisterone to be taking with Kliovance which has already got progesterone in it. Why are you taking both, if you don't mind me asking?
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I was just about to ask the same question as NorthArm.... why do you need so much progesterone? X
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Lol Dotty
I remember when I started on this hellride (massively heavy bleeding, clots and pain for nearly five weeks) my gp put me on Premarin (conti!) plus 3 x 5mg Norethisterone daily!! Was waaaay too much prog, and I really suffered....
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I'm post menopausal 4 years and period free until last October when I started on hrt, now on my 5th hrt since last october, it is to stop me bleeding. Kliovance only had 0.5 progesterone in it.
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Oh ok, I get that. How is your migraine today?
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Still got it, took a sumitripton when I came in to work, will need to wait until I get home to take anymore 😩
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I would agree with Stellajane. Even on the highest oestrogen dose (patch or pill) the recommendation is 2.5mg, or half a tablet of norethisterone. I hope your migraine is getting better xx
And I’m surprised he didn’t put you up to Kliogest, that one has 1mg progesterone xx
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It was the kliofem (kliogest) which caused the heavy bleeding.
Still headachy, it's changed sides today 😔 managing to cope. I will see how it goes.