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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Anaise on December 22, 2019, 06:16:53 PM

Title: Ovestin
Post by: Anaise on December 22, 2019, 06:16:53 PM
Whilst I continue my battle to get Intrarosa,   :-X my doctor has given me some Ovestin cream to apply twice weekly. Will this be enough for VA, at the moment sex us so painful I want to cry?   :'( X
Title: Re: Ovestin
Post by: Sammiejane on December 22, 2019, 06:37:44 PM
hi anaise

i have used ovestin for a year now but i swapped from vagifem to this but i would do a loading dose first it tells u in the leaflet i think it's same as vagifem every night for two weeks then twice a week x

i'm not sure the estrogel was causing my hairloss u know as first week stopped shedding and this second week it's been shedding again same amount as on the estrogen x so don't know what i'm going to do x

hope ur ok 👌 other then the Va
Title: Re: Ovestin
Post by: Anaise on December 22, 2019, 07:07:17 PM
hi anaise

i have used ovestin for a year now but i swapped from vagifem to this but i would do a loading dose first it tells u in the leaflet i think it's same as vagifem every night for two weeks then twice a week x

i'm not sure the estrogel was causing my hairloss u know as first week stopped shedding and this second week it's been shedding again same amount as on the estrogen x so don't know what i'm going to do x

hope ur ok 👌 other then the Va

Hi Sammie, give it time for your Estrogel to leave your body. It can take upto 4 months the meno specialist told me.
Title: Re: Ovestin
Post by: Tinkerbell on December 22, 2019, 08:10:34 PM
Anaise...Do a daily two week load, then find a maintenance dose that suits you, personally i never managed on the 2/3 week regime. I started with Ovestin but changed over to Vagifem which i prefer, sex was literally a pain for me but not anymore ;)
Title: Re: Ovestin
Post by: Alicess on December 24, 2019, 07:33:46 AM


Hi Sammie, give it time for your Estrogel to leave your body. It can take upto 4 months the meno specialist told me.
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Anaise, the biological half-life of tropical estradiol is appr. 36.5 hours, the time it takes before it's exceted from your body. I think your specialist means the time it takes for your hormones to balance out.