Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: jorainbow on December 04, 2023, 06:52:27 AM
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I recently started HRT and am now getting hot flushes and night sweats where I had absolutely none before :o I'm also waking early and with an undercurrent of mild anxiety . I'm on 1 spray lenzetto and 200mg utrogestan every other day (prescribed by meno consultant due to hyperplasia/proliferative endo history). I also get the worst burning with the pessaries.
It's too much of a coincidence to say it may be my own ievels suddenly lowering I think?
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I think the utrogestan sounds too high for only one spray of Lenzetto.
Why 200mg every other night? Wouldn't 100mg every night be a smoother dosing regimen?
The utrogestan 100mg capsules say oral and their 200mg capsules say pessary, but the formulation inside is identical, I've used both sizes vaginally.
I'm on 3 pumps of oestrogel which takes away my sweats completely, until I get to the 12 days when I take utrogestan, then it's back to night sweats and boiling hot flushes. The utrogestan seems to cancel out the extra oestrogen, so perhaps with you having such a low dose of extra oestrogen it's eating up your natural oestrogen as well?
I'm as uninformed as any other on this forum of course! Just guessing from my own experiences ::)
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Hi and thank you. I asked about 100mg every night but was told that wasn't an option though in my simple world its the same amount. Didn't expect to get hot flushes to be honest!!!
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Hi what dose of oestrogen are you on? X
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Just on the utrogestan -> I cannot tolerate it orally (I get very down) and I can't tolerate more than 100mg PV every other day (same reason - depressed mood). My GP grudgingly goes along with it. I am on 100mcg oestrogen patches.
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Hi what dose of oestrogen are you on? X
1 spray of lenzetto. I believe 3 sprays is equivalent to a 50mcg patch
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Just on the utrogestan -> I cannot tolerate it orally (I get very down) and I can't tolerate more than 100mg PV every other day (same reason - depressed mood). My GP grudgingly goes along with it. I am on 100mcg oestrogen patches.
Very similar here. I took 3 days of 200mg vaginally and on day 3 I was incredibly low. I'm thinking of asking for the 100mg
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I’m the same with utrogestan. Day 3 i was low and day 4 depression
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I’m the same with utrogestan. Day 3 i was low and day 4 depression
I think the negatives are outweighing any small benefit from the oestrogen which is I'm a little less achy. Though I am only on a tiny amount!