Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Ecl on July 26, 2022, 11:49:43 PM
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I know it’s how I feel that counts and evorel 50 are great. I changed to them from sandrena 0.5 as I needed to increase and the patches were available, it was a good move and I feel more me again.
I just don’t understand the maths. I was on sandrena 0.5, which is 0.5mg estradiol a day, the increase would have been to 1mg a day. Instead I am on evorel which is working better than the sandrena did, even when I used two doses. I am on the 50 which supposedly delivers 50 micrograms (0.05mg) a day of estradiol so 20 times less than the 1mg sandrena, however it us considered an equivalent dose. I just can’t get my head around it!
Can anyone explain? ( it’s actually stopping me from sleeping right now which is a PITA!)
Thank you
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MayB don't try .......... HRT also depends on how a woman's hormones might be behaving, it's a bit like how long is a piece of string.
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I think that evorel 50 is equivalent to 1mg of Sandrena. I think you can find the info here: https://gpnotebook.com/en-gb/simplepage.cfm?ID=x2022042715724166783#:~:text=Or%20Sandrena%20gel%3A,Oestrogel%20or%2050%20microgram%20patch
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I do know that with the gels there is a large amount of wastage built into the calculations. It is a different delivery system so it's like comparing apples with pears
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The equivalent to Sandrena 0.5 is Evorel 25mcg, not 50.
The equivalent to Evorel 50 is Sandrena 1mg.
You've doubled your estrogen dose...