Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Dandelion on December 19, 2022, 10:53:51 AM
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Hello.
I like to have a little hrt extra, as well as my prescription.
Call me neurotic, I am, I do this because of the supply issues.
I tried to order a box from Superdrug and they said "Unfortunately, due to a manufacturing issue estradot and utrogestan is currently out of stock... "
This would not normally be a problem, but as I am dependent on valium and both utrogestan and valium act on GABA, to suddenly come off it would be life threatening, as it would put me in sever withdrawal.
Ladies dependent on valium, changing progestins also has bad results.
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Panic over, https://thebms.org.uk/news/british-menopause-society-update-on-hrt-supply/ :)
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Hi Dandelion…I believe there was a problem with supply of Utrogestan but it should have been solved x
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Hi - I don’t give much care for the ‘official’ lines but rather for what’s happening on the ground as it were. Deciding to return to Utrogestan after many months of trail and error of other HRT regimes, I was dismayed (in Jan 2023) to hear from several pharmacies that there is a “manufacturing issue” with Utrogestan. What IS it with this country? There’s clearly a disparity between what is said officially and what actually is the case and I don’ t know why this is (ladies on Mumsnet have similar observations recently with Utrogestan). Baffling not to mention frustrating!!! I only pray this is resolved ASAP because life is pretty disabling without HRT supplies! :-\
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Supplies should have been getting through to wholesalers at the end of last week.
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I have been trying for 3 weeks to get estradot, my pharmacy only managed to get 1 box and said it was on restricted delivery, still waiting to see if they can get the other 2 boxes I am due, it's an absolute nightmare, I was supposed to be on femseven but the pharmacy said they can't get that one at all !!
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I have just been told I can’t get my repeat of Utrogestan - and found this thread that was started a couple of weeks or so ago. Luckily I have about 3 weeks left, but am worried. Pharmacy has kept hold of my prescription and advised going back in a couple of weeks. I too read on the Besins Health care site that supplies should have been with wholesalers last week. I’ve written to Besins today, asking if there is still a delay.
Is anyone else still experiencing difficulty?
I might be paranoid but I always feel my pharmacy doesn’t regard this as ‘medication’ as such and always shrugs his shoulders a bit when this happens, as if ‘I’ll get by’ without it. >:(
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there were issues but as dotty said besins have indicated supplies are getting through to wholesalers now.
i think they said from 12th to 13th jan they started getting supplies through x
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I got my Utrogestan yesterday with no problems.
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Hi DiscoGirl and Dotty,
Thanks for coming back. I read that on the Besins site as well… My pharmacy says there’s still issues today though ??? This isn’t the first time I’ve had problems at my Pharmacy, which is why I’m always wary.
Though it’s interesting Dotty that you have managed to get yours.
Please can I ask which part of the UK you are in? I’m in the South East…
Thankyou both,
Teresa
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Hi Teresa,
I managed to get my utro however I had to go to another town to get them.
I live on the North East coast x
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Hi DiscoGirl and Dotty,
Thankyou both…I don’t even know if location makes a difference….I’m just getting fed up with it all ???…every time I go to my Chemist there always seems some delay or problem with my HRT. I did think supply issues were all sorted out and it seems they are in your areas. Yes, you’re right, I think I will ring round.
Thankyou
Teresa
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well my local chemist didnt have them in i had to travel to another nearby town and get it dispensed at a totally different chemist x
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I went back to my pharmacy this week who told me that there is still a “manufacturing shortage” despite the BMS and other forums saying there isn’t. Begs the question of what is truth? Like some of you here, it’s bad enough spending months on end with horrible side effects and the minefield of titrating your optimal HRT dosage - only to have problems getting your hands on the blummin meds in the first place!
Ok, moan and frustration aside - I really hope there is some clarity and consistency around this very soon! Keep determined and positive all X
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Hi - I don’t give much care for the ‘official’ lines but rather for what’s happening on the ground as it were. Deciding to return to Utrogestan after many months of trail and error of other HRT regimes, I was dismayed (in Jan 2023) to hear from several pharmacies that there is a “manufacturing issue” with Utrogestan. What IS it with this country? There’s clearly a disparity between what is said officially and what actually is the case and I don’ t know why this is (ladies on Mumsnet have similar observations recently with Utrogestan). Baffling not to mention frustrating!!! I only pray this is resolved ASAP because life is pretty disabling without HRT supplies! :-\
Hang on, I thought I was just being paranoid, because, there were supply issues with oestrogen.
If there are supply issues with utrogestan then that is literally life-threatening for me, see my first post.
Changing progesterone is not an option for me. I did see the other website and I hoped that they were just panicking.
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I have just been told I can’t get my repeat of Utrogestan - and found this thread that was started a couple of weeks or so ago. Luckily I have about 3 weeks left, but am worried. Pharmacy has kept hold of my prescription and advised going back in a couple of weeks. I too read on the Besins Health care site that supplies should have been with wholesalers last week. I’ve written to Besins today, asking if there is still a delay.
Is anyone else still experiencing difficulty?
I might be paranoid but I always feel my pharmacy doesn’t regard this as ‘medication’ as such and always shrugs his shoulders a bit when this happens, as if ‘I’ll get by’ without it. >:(
I only started this thread because I thought I was being paranoid, I hope that my fears are not real because I cannot use an alternative progesterone, I need the utrogestan or I could go into life-threatening withdrawals literally, my doctors know about it.
Why can’t you get your repeat?
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I went back to my pharmacy this week who told me that there is still a “manufacturing shortage” despite the BMS and other forums saying there isn’t. Begs the question of what is truth? Like some of you here, it’s bad enough spending months on end with horrible side effects and the minefield of titrating your optimal HRT dosage - only to have problems getting your hands on the blummin meds in the first place!
Ok, moan and frustration aside - I really hope there is some clarity and consistency around this very soon! Keep determined and positive all X
This hormone is cross tolerant with the Valium I am addicted to and I cannot change the form of progesterone so if I don’t get it it is life-threatening literally. My doctors know about it so I hope there is no manufacturing issue and that the shortage is only a temporary panic, and that people are being paranoid on my fears are not real.
If nobody hears from me for a while it is because I have run out of these and died of withdrawal. as I am on Valium, and this act on the same receptor. I am affectively addicted to it physicallyLOL
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Sorry for the bump.
I tried 3 pharmacies - no joy, I tried a 4th and it was continually engaged.
I know this is no excuse but I am autistic and just find it too much stress phoning around.
I have no transport otherwise I would drive around the pharmacies to check.
I wonder if anyone has any spare they could send me please?
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Hi Dandelion - sounds horrendously stressful for you right now and sorry to hear that. I managed to get some utrogestan a few weeks back so I don’t believe there is a shortage now. It must have been a temporary blip so I do hope on you managed or will manage to sort it. Menopause matters can be a dark time for us all, but please take courage that you are not alone in it and that there is available (health) support BEFORE you hit rock bottom. I would send a ‘prayer’ sign but it isn’t available! :)
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The shortage is alive and kicking - I'm in London and misguidedly thought supply wouldn't be a problem here. Ended up bursting into tears on being told at my pharmacy that they didn't have it, couldn't get it and had no idea when it would be available. Went to a few Boots branches, more bursting into tears on being told none available and no idea when they would have it. Three hours of trawling around later found one box at Superdrug who issued an IOU for 2 more but said no idea when they would have it back: "could be weeks or months" (literally).
All this on the back of my GP surgery having rejected my order via the app over a week ago because the pharmacist wanted to review my meds (they had no answer to my question of why they couldn't talk to me about my meds without in the meantime withholding the utrogestan on no medical grounds which resulted in my being without any for 4 days when I am now on conti following a hyperplasia scare with hysteroscopy nightmare.
So just to advise that people order well in advance of when they need it, especially if mentally wobbly and liable to meltdown if HRT not available.
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this is an update on the BMS website from besins regarding utrogestan.
UTROGESTAN (micronised progesterone) 100mg capsules
Supplies of Utrogestan 100mg continue to arrive from our manufacturing site on a regular basis. However, due to exceptional demand, there is a possibility that these supplies may become depleted faster than usual. We are expecting substantial supplies of this product in the week commencing 13th February. As these supplies work their way into the supply chain,