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[Fifi2020]

Hi all, new to this site and forum so trying to find my way around and thought I would start here as a new member. I am Irish and there is nothing like this here. I am 56 and started HRT 2 years ago. My GP was very supportive of me going on HRT, due to my symptoms. I developed a symptom called burning mouth syndrome, which for all the world feels like I've eaten hot food and that aftermath you are left with remains constantly. It is terribly unpleasant. I have had it investigated by neurologists, ENT specialists and dermatologists but no solution. My new young dentist, then told me she did her masters paper on this, and discovered it could have links to the menopause and as a process of elimination, I came to the conclusion that, the timing suggested it may be the reason I have this and so I started HRT. So 2 years on, I still have BMS, but it has subsided to a degree it is no longer uncomfortable and I can manage it. The HRT I am on is, estradiol patch 50mg 2 per week and utrogestan 200mg day 12 to 24. There was terrible difficulty with the patch late last year to may of this year, which caused me huge anxiety, but thankfully, there haven't been issues since, not sure how we will be affected by brexit. My prescription is suiting me very well. So after that long introduction, I would like to ask the members 2 questions. First is, if any of you have had symptoms of BMS or know of it and how you are managing it? Second is relating to utrogestan and taking it vaginally or orally. I was taking it orally as my pharmacist indicated it can be taken both ways. It is unlicensed here and I don't get an applicator with it. I am taking other medication, eltroxin at night and I felt it would be easier on my stomach to switch to vaginal route. Orally I wasn't getting any period, if anything a slight bleed once per 6 months, but once I changed to vaginal, I started getting a heavy period for 3 days on day 28. Is this what should happen? Why is one route casing this and not the other? I have just had a fibroid embolization and have gone back to oral route. I am due back to my GP in a few weeks but would appreciate some help, certainly with second question. The first question I don't expect many of you have suffered but you never know. Thanks in advance.

[CLKD]

Hi all, new to this site and forum so trying to find my way around and thought I would start here as a new member. I am Irish and there is nothing like this here.

 

Have you looked at the toothpaste that you use?  Sodium Laural Sulphate is a foaming agent: I had to alter my paste as when I ate bananas, chocolate, croissants my mouth would burn intensely.  When I stopped using products with SLS the condition went.  It is surprisingly in a lot of products!!  It didn't begin 4 me until a few years ago, by which time I had been period free for 15+ years.



The HRT I am on is, estradiol patch 50mg 2 per week and utrogestan 200mg day 12 to 24. There was terrible difficulty with the patch late last year to may of this year, which caused me huge anxiety, but thankfully, there haven't been issues since, not sure how we will be affected by brexit. My prescription is suiting me very well.
. MayB put the product names into the search box here and see what pops up?  Make notes. 

Browse round. 

[Fifi2020]

Thanks, CLKD, I haven't specifically looked into SLS but I will now for sure, just checked my toothpaste which has it. Will try to find one without it. It would be so great if this worked.