Question about switching to pills (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by lilyegg@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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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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[-] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago

transfemscience.org is great for this stuff

[-] lilyegg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

YES, thankyou!! I completely forgot about this site.

[-] BlueSharkEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

https://transfemscience.org/articles/e2-equivalent-doses/ in particular here.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Most people I know, self included, take 4-6mg daily as prescribed

[-] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

I take 8mg daily, 4mg in the morning 4mg at night. I'm not sure how that compares with other people's dosages, though.

[-] lilyegg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks!
I was completely lost before :P

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

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

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

[-] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Right now I take 2 mg in the morning and another 2 mg at night. My estradiol is at 89 pg/mL and my doctor is considering putting me up another 2 mg. I have some mood issues which I made a post about here the other week which is why I am holding off on the dosage increase for now.

[-] detectivesniffles@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

what are patches? do you just apply square pads around certain body parts?

[-] BlueSharkEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago

Pretty much.

[-] detectivesniffles@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

weird. neat too, thanks

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