I'm 54 and am just over 4 years postmenopausal. I've been taking Elleste Solo 1mg and Utrogestan 100mgs continuously for the past year. Very sadly, after feeling so much better, a couple of months ago I started experiencing adverse symptoms which I've worked out is because the Elleste Solo is no longer effective, thereby making the Utrogestan too dominant.
I know that really the best way to take oestrogen is transdermally, I just wanted the ease of a tablet!
Anyway I'm wanting to try Estrogel.My preference is for Estrogel rather than Sandrena as it's got more flexibility in dosage. And also, from the research I've done it looks as if specialists such as Louise Newson and Renee Hoenderkamp tend to recommend it.
Incredibly and appallingly Estrogel is not under licence where I live so the GP I've been seeing, who knows nothing about the menopause anyway, has to email the Gynaecology Department at one of the local hospitals to get their say so.
They've come back and said Sandrena rather than Estrogel.
I've asked the GP to email them again as my preference remains for Estrogel.
Would appreciate any help and advice. I'm so tired of having to navigate this menopause nightmare on my own because so many GPS don't know anything and the whole system, certainly where I live, seems to be set up to make life as difficult as possible in trying to get the best and right treatment