Alternative to Climagest 2mg?

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Hi there, hope someone can help as my doctors are unfortunately useless! 

Quick history; Preimenopause from 2012 (hot flushes, night sweats, aching joints, brain fog, tired etc).  Tried Fluoexetine for 18 months to combat night sweats, when that stopped working I started Climagest 1mg, when that stopped working after about a year it was increased to Climagest 2mg which has worked fine for over a year now.

I went to collect my prescription on Friday last week (Climagest 2mg) and the pharmacist informed me that Climagest is no longer available - he had been in touch with my docs for an alternative but hadn't heard back.  I had an appointment yesterday anyway as I have had a pain in my left breast (no lumps) that I wanted to get check out.  She said she would consult another doctor about which hrt to switch to.  I had a call this morning to say they still hadn't sorted it out.  I am down to my last tablet tonight, so I need to pick up a prescription tomorrow.

I have been trying to research it myself,  I have come across the other types of HRT that are available (continuous combined HRT for no bleeds) and Tibolone.  These are both for post menopause (no bleeds for a year).  But as I am on a sequential HRT, that means I get a bleed every month whether I want one or not.  So when will I be considered postmenopause?  Do I just get a blood test or do I need to stop the HRT and see if I bleed?  These are questions my doctor couldn't answer yesterday as she knew nothing about HRT.  My regular doctor is on maternal leave and the 12 year old replacement is lovely, but clueless.

If it is a faff to change from a sequential to a continuous combined or tibolone, what are the alternatives to climagest?  My husband informs me that I have become very angry whilst on climagest LOL so I thought it might be time for a switch?

ANY help or advice would be much appreciated and then I will ring the doctors and do battle with my findings!

Thanks

Mel

 

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  • Posted

    Hi, Mel could I ask your age? And yes I agree doc's are absolutely useless Even

    the female ones 😕

    • Posted

      Hi Jokey

      I am 45.  My regular doctor is a star, the one I got yesterday was utterly clueless about menopause.neutral

    • Posted

      Hi, Mel, I would think you would still be getting a regular period at

      45 even though you are peri-menopausal. I was at your age and it

      went on untill I was 53. Having said that of course every woman is

      different and I know nothing about HRT as I have high blood

      pressure and can't have it. Don't suppose that helps you, I expect

      You would have to come off it to find out.

      Just out of interest, do you know if you go on HRT after your

      period has stopped, does it start again? Always been curious about

      that!

      Hope you get the answers you nee from Doc. Good luck??

  • Posted

    Please love, do yourself a favour and come off HRT. Give your body a break.

    How's your diet, and are you taking supplements?

    I found Sage leaf to be good for hot flushes and night sweats - reduced by about 80%. Magnesium helps with aching joints and muscles - a large number of folks in the West are deficient in Magnesium and it is very important for all sorts of things.

    Vit D is important to - it is actually a hormone - bet your muppet doctor doesn't know that. In all the years they study medicine the average doc spends a few hours studying nutrition.

    I'm getting really fed-up with the whole dxxn lot of them (you may have noticedlol)

  • Posted

    Hi Mel, I hope a lady on here called Gailannie sees your post as she will explain it perfectly!!!  xxx
  • Posted

    Hi Mel, I am having exactly the same dilemma. Went to my GP for a repeat prescription about eight months ago now, and was told exactly the same - that Climagest 2 mg is no longer available. Dr then did a bit of research and came up with Fem Seven Conti. She told me that this was the nearest alternative, and also would put an end to the monthly cycle. OMG, how wrong she was. Started bleeding - sorry, haemorrhaging every two weeks, worse than I have EVER experienced throughout all the years. Tonight was the icing on the cake. Sitting at work when I haemorrhaged everywhere, in front of all my colleagues. So, my response to you is, if your Doc recommends this, avoid, avoid, avoid! I am calling my GP first thing in the morning to get her to give me something else closer to the Climagest. If she CAN find a match, will definitely let you know. In the meantime, if you find a solution / replacement, please, let me know too. Thanks everso, Jan R

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