HRT patches

[lindys]

Advice needed, I am aged 56 and taken Everol Sequel50 patches combined for 4 years, no problem. Now a new G.P has switched me to everol continuous hrt so not have a with draw bleed. However I always had a full bleed still on everol sequi. Surely if there is still a bleed it needs to come out. If I am still bleeding won't the bleed just built up with continuous patches and caurse cancer or something? I thought with the sequi patches if no bleed left would just stop naturally on them?

Ask your gp to put you back on sequi quick! Otherwise you will get annoying withdrawal bleeding and you more than likely won't want that.

My GP did the same - assumed that as I was 52 I could go over to conti from sequi. I started withdrawal bleed and just didn't stop for months. Cdnt get to have an HRT review at GP so went for a private menopause appt which was brilliant. She recommended a different regime and the bleeding stopped within 3 days - hooray!!

Whats withdrawal bleeding?

I was taking the Everol sequi for 2 weeks followed by the Everol Conti for 2 weeks I always got a regular monthly bleed . Isn't it dangerous to just take the conti on its own? If I'm having a normal monthly bleed, shows there is still monthly bleeding active? Even at 56? Won't blood build up? I thought once I stopped bleeding on Everol sequi/conti would be safe to switch to conti only? Very confused?

@JinglingXmasbells might be able to help...?

At 56 you’d usually have combined continuous not sequential. The bleeds you were having were possible withdrawal bleeds, so unlikely to continue when on a continuous regimen.

I recommend you trial it, monitor any bleeding for 3 months then review with your GP.

Thank you, that makes sense.