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Progesterone cream?

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Nannyrose
Nannyrose

I have been on evorel 50 patches since my total hysterectomy 3 years ago. I have started to get a few hot flushes and wonder if the hrt has lost its effect on me. I also have put weight on my hips and waist. My libido is an absolute zero! And I have been getting headaches daily (have been told it could be stress as I lost my lovely dad 3 months ago) I have now read that our bodies need progesterone even without a uterus and wondered if anybody uses this as well as oestrogen only hrt?

I know you can get combined hrt but I don’t want to change my patches, I wondered if using the cream does help or is there side effects using progesterone cream?  ( I had everything taken away during my hysterectomy) 

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  • sheryl37154
    sheryl37154 Nannyrose

    Posted

    When I use patches I use Estraderm MX 100.  I too had a total hysterectomy about 26 years ago.  I am currently back on oestradiol implanted pellets.  When my dr insisted I use the progestin (provera) for 'balance', my oestrogen lost its effectiveness and I was back to severe head sweats, etc.  Finally, after searching medical research I found that progesterone is an antagonist to oestrogen and that is was causing my problem, and that surgical menopause does NOT require 'balance'.  I refused to take any more Provera and after about 3 weeks my oestrogen kicked in again.

    This is my experience.  You might need more oestrogen instead.

     

    • Nannyrose
      Nannyrose sheryl37154

      Posted

      Thank you sheryl, I feel once you have hysterectomy that’s it, I ve read to have your bloods tested regularly to make sure the balance is correct but have never been offered anything like this. My doctor just keeps saying after 52 years old I should come off hrt, soho keep away and just have a repeat prescription 
    • sheryl37154
      sheryl37154 Nannyrose

      Posted

      Google "surgical menopause" and hopefully you get the same website I have read.  I am 66 years old and I am never going off it.  I had to convince my gp but she knows how important it is to me now.  So I hope she sticks around.

      Also google something like "what is optimal oestrogen for menopause symptoms?".  Hopefully you will get a para from a Research Gynecologist from Leicester University Hospital who says sometimes up to 1200 bpl/L (sorry guessing this measure) to eliminate menopause symptoms.  Print these off for your dr to read.

      Good luck.

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