Hi, I am actually posting this for my mum,
she is 59 and she had a hysterectomy with
both ovaries removed, which triggered
menopause immediately. She is taking
premarin but seems to feel incredibly
fatigued all the time. Does anyone else
suffer fatigue from being on premarin ?
Are you suffering any other side effects ?
Can anyone suggest a differnt type of hrt
replacement ? I'd love her to be rid of
hrt all together as I have heard some
terrible reports of it causing all types
of cancer, among other things.
Thanks
suzy
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sozase
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 1 Location: missouri
Premarin Too Posted: 01-02-04 11:19am
Hi there suzy. I had a total
hysterectomy in summer of 01. I too was
on premarin 1.25 mg. I was having
fatigue and "smaller" hot flashes not to
mention total loss of sex drive! I just
recently turned 36, so that was tough on
my husband and i... I was put on
"estratest". It has totally changed my
situation! I take 2.5 mg and it works on
all the symptoms I was suffering from.
Hope this helps.
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nabrown
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 6 Location: syracuse, new york
Premarin Posted: 01-11-04 16:59pm
Hi suzy-after my hysterectomy-i was put on
premarin while I was still in the hospital
(1.25mg.)---i was feeling fine, but went
off cold turkey because of media reports
of increased rates of breast cancer.
Within 2 weeks, I was feeling
lousy-old-rundown unhealthy--even my skin
looked horrible (dry--lifeless) I called
my gyn. & he put me on a lower
dosage of premarin (0.3)-that triggered a
seemingly overnight miracle--energy
increased-skin responded. Estrogen is a
youth hormone & so far the medical
community is only concerned about the
estrogen/progestin
combination because they have some
troubling results of studies done with
this combo..Results are not in yet for
estrogen alone.
I will stay on estrogen indefinitely
barring catastrophic news about this
hormone !!
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Framboise
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 5
Premarin Posted: 01-19-04 00:59am
Fatigue can be a symptom of not enough
estrogen to meet your body's needs. It
could be that your mother would feel
better if she took a higher dose; it could
be that your mother would feel better on a
different form or route of hrt. We all
respond in different ways to hrt, and
there is no one size that fits all.
If her premarin isn't meeting her goals
for taking hrt (one of which is,
presumably, not feeling fatigued), then
she needs to revisit her physician and
discuss trying some other hrts to see if
they suit her better. Doctors often have
samples available, so that she could try
out some other hrts at roughly the same
dose as her premarin, to see how they work
for her before buying a whole
prescription.
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