Hi mayblin, I'm happy to share. I've been on the 0.05 mg estradiol / 0.14 mg norethindrone acetate Combipatch since last March. My new gyno will start me off on the equivelant dosage of the estradiol patch (0.05 mg) and the oral prometrium (100 mg) then gradually increase the dosage. I have epilepsy, so we have to proceed with caution. She says it's easier to get the dosages where they need to be with these HRTs than it us with Combipatch. To be honest, I didn't ask why that's the case. I'm just happy to have a doctor willing to do it.

I don't have any articles or research to site on the combination of HRTs and bisphosphonates. I've chosen to do both so to counter Evenity rebound with the low dose Reclast infusion while increasing HRT dosage. I'll continue having my BTMs tested every 3 months to determine when to move on to Alendronate. The idea is to improve my bone metabolism while tapering off of osteomeds. I'm making decisions based on my knowledge of how the various treatments work and how my body is responding. So far so good!