Hi Sherbet 4
This is terrible!
It is absolutely shocking that women are subjected to this sort of treatment from sadly ignorant doctors, but not only that, insisting their ignorant opinion is correct!!!
Utrogestan is manufactured in France for vaginal and oral use. As joziel said it is only LICENSED in UK for vaginal use for IVF but is exactly the same caspule that USED to be licensed for ORAL use only for HRT until for some reason this was discontinued in UK and we only have the 100 mg capsules.
I wrote a post on this where I gave a translation of the French product info from their equivalent website to our eMC and I will find and bump that for you. It's here:
https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,45782.msg738193.html#msg738193In addition there are studies which demonstrate the efficacy of vaginal administration of utrogestan and again I will bump that thread too. Here:
https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,43633.45.htmlIf you have a read of these threads as well as the BMS link joziel gave, this should help your understanding.
You absolutely should not have to go privately. Are you aaying your doc is refusing to prescribe oestrogen? I wouldn't worry too much about being given the "wrong" dose of utrogestan because you can adjust this so as to use the correctly licensed dose ( unless there is a good medical reason for you to have an increased dose which differs from the licensed dose - and if so they should tell you this), but if you are wanting HRT to help with menopausal symptoms then you should insist on being given oestrogen as well.
You should get back to the hospital department that gave you progesterone without oestrogen and say that you have been given the wrong prescription - ideally write - and this will then be referred to someone higher surely? You should also write to your doctor at the practice also outlining that you have not been given oestrogen. I think putting things in writing concentrates the mind - yours, but more particularly, theirs as they cannot fob you off in a letter.
So sorry that you are having to deal with this.
The other option is to write to Dr Currie ( costs £30 per question - facility on this website) so think carefully about what you want to ask - which could be a brief outline of your menopausal status, and what has happened, what you would like to try and and then ask for her recommendations - saying you would like to show her response to the docs in your practice.
There is a similar facility offered from Women's Health Concern....
You absolutely should NOT have to go privately for such basic advice/medical treatment and if you feel up to it - it would help other women for you to pursue this unsatisfactory treatment with the NHS. It also sounds like you neither want nor need anti-depressants though the frustration of having to deal with all of this is enough to make anyone anxious and depressed!
All the best and if we can help further, let us know
Hurdity x