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Is HRT Elleste Duet any good for joint issues?

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srilankadreaming · 08/12/2018 20:30

Just that. I am 52 and have twice gone 10 months between periods so am well into the menopause. I have been having aching joints for nearly a year and just feel like the tin man in the wizard of Oz , everything creaks! Feel like an old lady in the morning. Have taken high dosage glucosamine for about 4 months but no better so went to GP and was prescribed Elleste Duet. But haven’t started it as reading up it seems to be for hot flushes and night sweats but I don’t have either of those. Does anyone have any success stories using it for sore joints? Getting a bit desperate. TIA

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dontforgettheyellowbird · 09/12/2018 11:35

I had exactly the same issue. Been taking Elleste duet for 9 months now and joints are much better than they were. Feel better generally actually

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srilankadreaming · 09/12/2018 16:05

Thanks for this, yellowbird, good to know I’m not the only one! Haven’t found anyone else in RL who has this exact issue. I’m kind of reluctant to start taking it as I sort of want to see if I can get to March without having a period. Then I will know whether I’m through the menopause entirely. If I start taking Elleste now won’t I get withdrawal bleeds like being on the Pill? So this might confuse things somewhat. Or perhaps this doesn’t matter?

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dontforgettheyellowbird · 09/12/2018 18:13

I don't know if it does matter, I was still having fairly regular periods when I started taking it, I'm 50. The joint pain was so debilitating at times that I had to do something. Still a bit creaky but the pain has gone, hurrah!

Bellaciao · 10/12/2018 15:16

srilankadreaming - many women start HRT before they have reached menopause - in factstarting it in mid to late peri-menopause can be the least problematic way to start it as your own hormones have calmed down mostly. I have only a rough idea when I must have reached menopause - does it matter? If you have twice gone 10 months with no periods then you are probably well advanced and likely to be fairly close to menopause.

Have you been prescribed the sequi version of Elleste Duet? Best to start with this anyway even though it gives you withdrawal bleeds - so that you can find out if it suits you and the effect that the combi pills have - ie whether you can tolerate the progesterone part OK?

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