I’m 2 weeks into Femoston 2/10 - I take half in the morning and half at night however I have started a bleed. I’m on a continuous regime to try and stop bleeds as I’m struggling with anaemia. Should I just keep taking and the bleed will stop or is it best to stop and allow bleed? I’m not sure what to do. Would appreciate some advice please?
Hi Flamingo
I would go back to your doctor on this and make sure they haven’t made a mistake in your prescription (as I have just discovered that mine has, but that’s another story).
Femoston and Femoston-conti (as in ‘continuous’ - it refers to the levels of hormones in the tablets as well being taken continuously) are *not* the same thing.
Femoston-conti (available in 0.5/2.5 mg and 1.0/5 mg doses) delivers a continuous level of the oestrogen- and progesterone-mimicking hormones and (other than some women experiencing a bleed while things settle down) should not cause any bleeding. It is described as suitable for women who have not had a period for at least a year.
Femoston 2/10 (also available as 1/5 mg) is an HRT of two parts and does not deliver the same levels of hormones for the whole pack. You take the oestrogen-only tablets for two weeks, followed by the oestrogen/progesterone tablets for two weeks. Then continue the same for each pack in turn. From what I can gather from my own research this combination of hormones appears to roughly mimic the menstrual cycle. It is described as suitable for women who have not had a period for at least six months.
I hope this clarifies the difference between the two HRT products and that you get sorted. xx
