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What Is The Remedy For Hot Flashes?

so iam female 52 a year ago after being off birth control for a year and suffering fromhot flashes 8 to 10 times a day started natural hormone therepy when labs said i ws post menapausel labs every three months still low on all three homones this last test said i am high now and dr didnt call if i cont. or cut doses in thirds , its creams. any how weight gain over past year ten pounds hot falshes decreased but now are up again. i have them during day as well. how do i get this solved the hot flashes are so life effective. sleep is inturrupted its awful. how long does this go on if i stop the hormones will it decrease again. will i have totake forever . how do i get them managed. e recently bought som e pils that are called enberen should i switch t o those or only add them to hormone therepy. i have my overies.
Tue, 18 Mar 2014
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There is a difference between medicine and marketing. Checking saliva tests and using 'compounded' creams to treat menopausal symptoms is all marketing. All the symptoms you describe, though awful feeling, are consistent with normal menopause. It lasts 3-10 years in 85% of the population. 15% of women have symptoms lifelong, though initial intensity and amount of medication needed decreases.
I suggest a good gynecologist, interested in menopause, not making as much money as possible needlessly complicating your treatment. Biologically identical hormones to what your ovaries made before menopause are available in any pharmacy.
You need estradiol to treat your symptoms, that is the 'test'. If you aren't 50% improved in 2 weeks or completely improved in 12 weeks, it's not enough. Only if you have a uterus, you need a small amount of progesterone orally (creams aren't well absorbed).
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What Is The Remedy For Hot Flashes?

There is a difference between medicine and marketing. Checking saliva tests and using compounded creams to treat menopausal symptoms is all marketing. All the symptoms you describe, though awful feeling, are consistent with normal menopause. It lasts 3-10 years in 85% of the population. 15% of women have symptoms lifelong, though initial intensity and amount of medication needed decreases. I suggest a good gynecologist, interested in menopause, not making as much money as possible needlessly complicating your treatment. Biologically identical hormones to what your ovaries made before menopause are available in any pharmacy. You need estradiol to treat your symptoms, that is the test . If you aren t 50% improved in 2 weeks or completely improved in 12 weeks, it s not enough. Only if you have a uterus, you need a small amount of progesterone orally (creams aren t well absorbed).