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Hey everyone! Quick question, I'm switching from patches to pills (estradiol) - wondered if anyone had any advice on dosages?

I use Evorel 100 patches (changed twice a week), I assume the dosage isn't like 1 to 1. Sorry! And thanks for any advice. Elle

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[–] Ashe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

As others have said, you'll likely land somewhere between 4-6 mg a day. How you space it out will largely be up to you, as I took 6 mg a day; I was taking 2mg 3x a day. Once in the morning, once after work, and once before bed. With 50mg of spiro thrown in. I could probably do without the spiro now to be honest.

My levels were:

2mg a day: 68 pg/ml

4mg a day: 146 pg/ml

6mg a day: 282 pg/ml

I was asked to bump down my dose to 5mg since it was so high at my last test. So I'm taking 5mg a day now.

[–] lilyegg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ooh thanks! What's your experience with Spiro? I'm only Finasteride and Oestrogen atm

[–] Ashe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

It's be totally fine for me. I only take 50mg so it's about the lowest dose you can be given. Stepping up the estradiol tablets at the 3 month and 6 month mark. I'm predisposed to hypertension so it helped with that and let me worry less about sodium intake. But I'll probably be moving off of it soon. I actually got a call earlier today and the idea of injections came up