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If you only need Estrogen replacement due to a hysterectomy then why would your doctor prescribe the Ortho Vera patch 175 mg?
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∙ 18y ago
I would assume it's because you need estrogen. With Ortho Vera you are about 60% more exposed to estrogen then being on the pill. However, you should ask your doctor?
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∙ 18y ago
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Why would your doctor prescribe you Trisequens?
Trisequens is a hormone replacement therapy drug used to treat symptoms of estrogen deficiency. If a woman is going through menopause, she may be prescribed this medication.
In a teenage girl can her hips still grow even with a low estrogen level?
Teenage girls will mature and grow hips, even if their estrogen level is low. A doctor can prescribe estrogen to help keep levels where they should be if necessary.
Can you take progesterone if you've had a hysterectomy?
It has been found that Estrogen alone should not be taken without some Progesterone present. Please discuss this with your doctor.
How quickly after a total hysterectomy does the menopause start?
A total hysterectomy is only the removal of the uterus and cervix and therefore as the ovaries remain menopause will take its normal course. Average age is 51.7 years but can be earlier or later. If you have a bilateral oopherectomy, then you will be placed in immediate surgical menopause as there are no ovaries to produce estrogen. Speak to your doctor/surgeon regarding hormone replacement and its advantages and disadvantages.
How soon after a radical hysterectomy does menopause start?
As you will no longer have your ovaries you will go into immediate menopause (called surgical menopause) Usually a couple of days after the operation when the body has used all the estrogen which is no longer produced. Speak with your surgeon and doctor about the benefits and disadvantages if hormone replacement theraoy.
How long do you take hrt after a full hysterectomy?
Presumably you mean a bilateral oopherectomy (removal of ovaries) rather than hysterectomy which is removal of uterus. Your doctor will start you on low dose of estrogen and will monitor your reaction. You may be lucky and they get the dosage right first time or it may take some weeks.
What is a short sentence for the word prescribe?
The doctor will prescribe antibiotics for your infection.
Do women have vaginal dryness after a hysterectomy?
Vaginal dryness is common in women after hysterectomy or menopause due to hormonal changes. There are options to help, including hormone replacement therapy and other products which the woman's doctor can recommend.
Can you still go through menopause even after getting a full hysterectomy?
You should have gone through menopause at the time of your complete hysterectomy. Depending on your age and the reason for the hysterectomy you may have been given replacement hormones, at some point in time - your doctor would have slowly decreased the hormones - that would cause you to go into menopause.
Can a DO prescribe pain medication?
Can a DO doctor prescribe pain meds
Hormone replacement therapy after a hysterectomy?
If you mean by complete a total hysterectomy (uterus and cervix) ans a salpingo (fallopian tubes) oopherectomy (both ovaries) then yes you will immediately go into surgical menopause. If one ovaary is left then this will not place you into menopause until nature takes its due course.
Will your doctor prescribe it to you?
yes
