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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: vintagefiend on July 20, 2021, 10:31:16 AM

Title: is kliofem broadly the same as evorel patches?
Post by: vintagefiend on July 20, 2021, 10:31:16 AM

Hi there,
I'm actually asking for sister-in-law who asked me for advice!
she had to change to kliofem about a year ago due to shortages of patch.
now the patch- evorel- is back in circulation and she's wondering whether she should go back on it?
i said i didnt really know though i'm under the impression docs prefer trans-dermal route if poss.
i asked if she felt any difference and she doesn't but has put on some weight and wondered if that could be kliofem.
i've had a look at doses and i know it's difficult to compare but i think that the kliofem may be a higher dose?? so it wasn't like for like.
kliofem 2mg orally; evorel 50mcg trans-dermally. in my head i tend to think of 50mcg being equivalent to 1mg orally.
could that account for weight gain?
thanks for any help :)

Title: Re: is kliofem broadly the same as evorel patches?
Post by: Dotty on July 20, 2021, 03:39:25 PM

Hi was she using the Evorel Conti patches ? x

Title: Re: is kliofem broadly the same as evorel patches?
Post by: vintagefiend on July 20, 2021, 05:10:42 PM

i don't actually know, dotty- but can ask. is there a difference between the sequi and the conti?
i meant to say as well, that she has had high blood pressure and i wondered if docs might prefer that she has patch for that reason.

Title: Re: is kliofem broadly the same as evorel patches?
Post by: Dotty on July 20, 2021, 05:34:01 PM

Hi yes, it would be useful to know if she was on Evorel Conti, Evorel Sequi or  Evorel (oestrogen only.) Then we can tell you if Kliofem is an equivalent. X