Transdermal HRT

@gretch19

Try functional medicine.

@gravity3 None in my area unfortunately

@amriv im 60 postmenopausal too.. started low dose 0.025.. now i. O.0375.. it was a game changer for me ..stop night sweats , engery is up anxiety sleeps improved.. i even thought I had a frozen shoulder but must not of its better too! Even help me with brain. Fog... i had a total hysterectomy at 50.. started patch 59 1/2.. yes fir us their was a slight risk... but no worse then pharmaceutical drugs... so I felt its would choose the risk i was willing to take, plus the patch bypassingthe liver so that evenmakes yhe rusk less then pill form..... I also switch to a higher end vitamin, i take collagen peptides withfortiboneinit, it has very good reviews / studies about how it improvesbone density & started ostestrong program... good luck

@drsuefowler
Dr. Sue,
I'll be starting on Menostar patches this week, probably tomorrow! I've read that the schedule is one Menostar patch applied weekly for 3 weeks followed by 1 week off. Repeat. Is this the same schedule you are using for Menostar?

I'm also prescribed 100 mg of oral progesterone - one capsule every day for 14 days to begin after the first one month of Menostar. I'm not actually sure if the progesterone should be started after 3 weeks or 4 weeks since the Menostar is only used for 3 weeks followed by one week off. No additional progesterone until the next 3 months of Menostar to be applied as above.

Can you tell me more about the 50 mg of progesterone cream you're taking? I'm wondering if this is applied every day or otherwise? Where is this applied? Is this compounded?
Thank you!

@wondering1
I've been thinking more about my directions as a brand new patch user. Thought I'd ask for others' experiences...
Are you applying the patch once a week? Do you apply on a schedule of 3 weeks with patch and one without? Are you taking the progesterone every 3rd day continuously?
Thank you!

I have been taking Forteo for about 1 year. Can one take HRT at the same time? I should have asked about this before I started taking Forteo. I had a full hysterectomy a year ago as well. I am 62 and probably went through menopause at 57. I don't have the night sweats and am not tired, but have no emotion and anxious.

@tillymack, yes, I'm applying the estradiol patch once a week, continuously. I've done that consistently since I started HRT a year and a half ago.

Until about 6 weeks ago, I'd done progesterone continuously, too. But my progesterone levels have been pretty high (which gives me breast tenderness). 6weeks ago, my provider suggested I try cyclical instead. I tried one cycle of 14 days off and 14 days on. Didn't like it! Started spotting and didn't sleep as well, so I've switched back to continuous for progesterone... 100 mg every 3rd night.

Good luck as you work your way through this. Lots of tweaking to get it right (if your provider tests levels...) Overall, I am really pleased with HRT and glad I'm on it.

@tillymack
I am now taking the compounded progesterone cream every day along with the Menostar patch. My original script was for micronized progesterone in a capsule, but I had difficulty with that. As a matter of fact, I was on the patch alone for 5 months. The Menostar insert recommends progesterone just twice a year for 2 weeks. It sounds like you are trying to follow a normal menstrual cycle. I hope the Menostar works for you.

@kathleen1314 As I understand it, you are the #1 cheerleader for strontium on Mayo Connect's osteroporosis chat. Yet you also take hrt.

HRT appears to have generally accepted osteroporosis treatment success. So how do you know that you won the 'bone lottery' with strontium if you are being treated with both HRT and strontium?

And if it possible for you to respond without overwhelming cites generated by AI, that would be most helpful.

@blueberre
Use the topical cream instead.