I went through a fairly early Menopause and have been on HRT (Elleste Duet 2 mg) for 7 years now. I had 2 years of absolutely horrendous symptoms before I was put on HRT and within a week or two virtually all my symptoms had gone and it gave me life back. I've been happily taking this until last year when for three months there were manufacturing difficulties and I was put on Cliofem (continual oestrogen and projesterone) and this caused me very bad heart palpitations and just generally feeling unwell...then Elleste Duet 2mg was back in production again so I was put back on that and have been fine but a few months ago there were again manufacturing problems with it and so I've been out on Tridestra 2mg and it's really awful and has made me feel Ill again (2 half months estrogen, then 2 weeks oestrogen and projesterone and 7 days placebo tablets with no hormones) . I rang the pharmacy and my GP to ask when Elleste Duet would be available again and you would have thought I was being unreasonable by their reactions...they were very abrupt and said they didn't know and sort of made out I was making a fuss. If men had to go through the often horrendous symptoms of Menopause I doubt very much there would be shortages of HRT or lack of funding to pay the correct price by the NHS. I'm not being unreasonable to be able to want to get on with my life without horrendous menopausal symptoms am I?
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