Utrogestan tablet reviews

I am 54 and towards end of perimenopause, my only way of knowing this is because I have had 2 periods in the last year. Around 47-50 I had symptoms of joint pain and severe depression, which I now realise was peri menopause( at the time GP treated individually) at 50 immediate insomnia, period every other month, hot sweats, low mood and started HRT oedtrogel pump X3 and utrogestan, I took it for 18 months, sweats stopped but low mood continued - I had no happy high even with oedtrogel increase, continued with period pain, severe itchy dry vulva and insomnia. decided that solving only 1 symptom didn't warrant staying on the HRT. I came off easily and flushes stayed away. over the span of year and a half , over span of year and half I went back to GP to focus on trying to manage severe vulva dryness and itching, change in labia shape and colour changes with no joy. I tried different topical estrogen vaginal creams, both increased a noticeable aggressive mood change. Then I gave up and found various alternatives for itchy vulva which intermittently help but still have to manage. now at 54 , hot flushes have come back during the night and new shock of finding sex painful so Google suggests vaginal atrophy- ooh happy days. It seems a continual quest just to feel okay is relentless. Currently thinking HRT again for osteoporosis but only when periods are clear of a year, the thought of a coil with vaginal atrophy makes me feel sick. In the meantime what does seem to work are supplements recommended by nutritionist for mood and mental calmness and sleep. I will ask GP to try different vaginal oesteigen to help vaginal atrophy. I will ride the hot flushes out. For the most part of my mid life has been managing symptoms.

Reduced anxiety, depression and irregular heart rate

Was doing well on HRT however when my mood felt flat I upped my dose of estrogel and had bad vertigo. This could have been completely unreleased however I panicked and came off HRT. Then had an avalanche of peri symptoms so am considering going back on it with a lower dose. The worst symptoms without the hrt are the anxiety, brain fog, broken sleep, mood wings and more recently migraines. Never suffered with headaches before.

It has improved symptoms overall however they occasionally creep back

Generally good. Only change is no more heart flutters.

It changed my life. It got rid of symotoms I didn't even know were due to oestrogen deficiency

Overall positive. I could never get the patches to stick so wasn’t absorbing. Switched to gel & much prefer it. For me the constant hot flushes, night sweats with anxiety attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts, self harming & uncontrollable rage has all stopped with HRT. The problem with HRT for me is the constant post meno bleeding & migraine attacks. To be fair, the migraine attacks started at age 51 before I started HRT.

I changed dosage of progesterone to daily once my periods started to become much lighter and less frequent. Only issue I have (which I just deal with!) is occasionally the patch leaves my skin red raw and tender.

My experience with HRT has been very positive. I’ve been on it for approx 10 months. I started on 25mcg estradot patches and 100mg utrogestan for 14 days of my cycle. I gave this 3 months, and on my review the doctor felt I should increase to 5mcg patches and 200mg utrogestan. I definitely felt an improvement on the higher dose, but after another 3 months or so, I felt another increase was worth trying. Since Feb ‘24, I’ve been on 75mg patches and 300mg utrogestan. I am feeling the best I’ve felt in a long time. HRT is not magic, but it helps you to feel stable - more like yourself so you have the ability to do other things alongside the HRT to feel better, e.g. keep fit, eat healthier, communicate with friends & family etc

My journey with HRT overall has not been great, I have battled with doctors for years, I kept saying I was perimenopausal and doctors just ignored me! I believe I started my peri menopausal journey at about of 37yrs old when I started noticing changes in me, I was just told by doctors that I was too young to go on hrt and basically go away, basically I was living on 3-4hrs sleep every night I was exhausted! Following the covid pandemic I decided to go down the private route, I was instantly given hrt and straight away I managed to get some sleep, the brain fog slowly started to ease! I was on a different dosage to begin with, 4 pumps of oestrogel and one Utrogestan tablet but due to the changes in recent guidelines (April’24) I have had to reduce the number of pumps of oestrogel from 4 pumps to 3 pumps and have also been given Gepretix capsules instead of utrogestan this wasn’t on your list of progesterone! I asked my doctor if I could go on testosterone as my libido had diminished! Doctor said I needed to go down the private route, they don’t prescribe it, so I went and paid for a blood test and guess what I needed testosterone, what is the point of nhs doctors if they aren’t doing their job and looking after their patients… I was lucky and could afford to go private but many people can’t…! Nhs doctors need to get up to speed and help women out, I battled for 13 years and finally got it through my own means! We need HRT… simples!!!