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Below are Delestrogen (Estradiol) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Delestrogen has an overall score of 10. The effectiveness score is 8 and the side effect score is 10. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Delestrogen review by 55 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | menopause/hysterectomy |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 mg taken 1 per day for the period of 5 years |
| Other conditions: | | high blood pressure |
| Other drugs taken: | | atenolol | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Significantly reduced symptoms of menopause, including eliminated all hot flashes (as long as the drug is being taken), reduces skin dryness that occurred after hysterectomy, and preserved sex drive.
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| Side effects: | | I am not aware of any side effects from this drug, I did not experience any. |
| Comments: | | Doctor told me I could take as little as 1/4 tablet per day if I wanted. I take one per day and I am very happy with the results. If I accidentally skip one day, I know fairly soon that I have missed it because I get chills or start to have hot flashes. |
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| | Delestrogen review by 63 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | total hysterectomy |
| Dosage & duration: | | .5 mg taken daily for the period of 20 years |
| Other conditions: | | P.A.T. |
| Other drugs taken: | | metoprolot 25 mg | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Keeping me from the effects of menopause. |
| Side effects: | | I believe the benefits were to keep my skin soft, prevent sagging and wrinkles |
| Comments: | | I was prescribed estrogen at the time of my total hysterectomy (due to increasing bleeding and starting periods every 2 weeks). I was becoming anemic from the bleeding and other procedures to stop this were not very successful. I was about 45 at the time and was given the option to begin HRT. Over the years I have been given decreasing levels and am currently at .5mg. Even with the negative info regarding prolonged HRT, I opted to continue. If you actually read the negative information, it was not related to estrogen, but rather to estrogen and progesterone in combination. Since then more articles have further clarified some of the mis-information. It may be a risk to continue long term HRT, but none of my doctors has really presented any solid reasoning to discontinue HRT. |
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