Has anyone taken or now taking CENESTIN ? HRT

After surgery my dr put a patch on me.. it stayed on till my 1 week check up .. then she gave me some sample bottles of Cenestin .9mg and told me to not take them for 4 weeks then take one a day... I'd like to know if anyone of you have been on them or on them and how they worked or didnt for you ??? THanks Kim

Hi Kimberly,

I was taking Cenestin .45 mg until 8 days ago. I only stopped because my doctor and I weren't sure if a rash and itching that I had was left over from a reaction to some IV contrast or a reaction to that particular estrogen.

In hindsight, I think the rash was left over from the IV dye and the itching was because I needed a higher dose of estrogen. But we just weren't sure at the time.

Good luck with your "foray" into the jungle!

Dianne

Hi. I'm taking a very low dose of it .3mg. It got rid of the night sweats for a week or 2 but now they are back. Not as bad though.

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Originally Posted by Kimberly M After surgery my dr put a patch on me.. it stayed on till my 1 week check up .. then she gave me some sample bottles of Cenestin .9mg and told me to not take them for 4 weeks then take one a day... I'd like to know if anyone of you have been on them or on them and how they worked or didnt for you ??? THanks Kim

hi, kimberly
i had a lavh/bso 10-17-05 and I was placed on the climara patch after surgery. So far everything fine with the patch. I was previously on cenestin 0.3 and prometrium at night. Then in January 2005 I was taken off prometrium and advised to take cenestin 0.3 every other day. I had no problems while on cenestin or prometrium. i am glad this surgery is over as I had many fibroids and cyst rt ovary and inflammed cervix and retroverted uterus. Pathology all ok.
Best wishes.
Sharon-Seahorse

Hello,

I've been on Cenestin since July. I work in a doctor's office so I've been able to play around with the dosages with the samples that we have in the office. I started out with .9, went to .625, down to .45. I decided that I felt the best when I was on .625 so that is what I have been taking. I really don't have many hot flashes. When I do, they are really mild. I have swelling in my lower legs but the doc doesn't think it's related to the Cenestin. I would at least try it and see how you feel.