So I’ve been on a long journey with vaginal atrophy. After some great advice on here I got my GP to switch me over from estriol cream (which wasn’t working) to Ovestin. Despite my GP telling me it was the “same thing” I was able to point out it was a different concentration albeit the same active ingredient.
Id seen quite a lot of an improvement over the last few months. Then today I went to pick up my prescription from boots to be told there was a shortage everywhere. I called around a few chemists. Most said they can’t order it and one said it’s been discontinued. One recommended I ask my GP for a generic version which she has done but the brand is estriol. I’ve asked the pharmacist and she said it’s the same concentration. Does anyone happen to understand this or have any experience of using this in place of Ovestin.
The one I was using was estriol 0.01%. This didn’t work but Ovestin 0.1% did . Is there an estriol 0.1%?
I’m so fed up. The stupid GP said if this doesn’t work I should try a pessary (they clearly didn’t read my notes as I’ve used Vagirux (plus estriol) and this combination didn’t work.
I don’t understand why they would discontinue Ovestin
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Topic: Ovestin cream discontinued- help!!! (Read 5669 times)