Any success with Oestrogel?

[goingdownsouth]

I'm 50 and feeling 100. Periods are still fairly regular.
My main symptom has been bladder related. With the occasional hot flush and night sweat.
I used to use Vagifem but it stopped working. GP said do the loading dose again but no better. Tablet HRT didn't agree so I'm supposed to start the gel every day and utrogestan capsules for part of the month,
The idea being that this will help with my burning pains. I can also have some cream to use vaginally.
Has anyone had any results with the gel? Good or bad? Thanks

Vagifem shouldn't stop working. Maybe you weren't using it enough? Years ago it was a 25mgs dose but recently they reduced it to 10mgs. I know a lot of women found that less effective and had to use it daily rather than the usual twice a week.

Alternative is Ovestin cream (same thing but a cream to use internally) and you can use that for 14 days to start with then 2-3 times a week or even daily if needed.

If you need to use full HRT as well, your dr has given you the 'best' available - gel is safer than tablet form estrogen, and Utrogestan is considered the safest progesterone.
I've used both for nearly 12 years.

TBH I'd get cracking with the vaginal estrogen first for a couple of months and see if that helps, but if you are having other symptoms, use HRT as well.

Thanks Jingling
I have used Vagifem for over a year. At the start it was superb, I'd have bought shares in the company I was convinced it was a miracle.
But I have had to do the loading dose twice ( on GPs advice) in that time and I then moved onto using it daily ( my own idea!) at the end for 2 months when my GP spotted I was getting too many repeat prescriptions. By that time it had no noticeable effect at all.

Nobody talks about the bloody menopause!

The do talk about it! A doctor and meno counsellor were in ITV Good Morning last week, (I left a post here on the day about 12 thread down) there is a petition going around #makemenopausematter, there is loads going on if you use social media.

But, back to you- maybe you are someone who needs more than vaginal estrogen. Give it a whirl.

Hopefully the new treatment will work.
I'm in agony! It's like cystitis but without the burning when I pee.

I did try to search to see if there were any posts on this but the Search function isn't working on thee App.

Fingers crossed.