The first gp at my surgery that I went to see regarding HRT, prescibed me Ellest Duet - yes Ellest Duet (and not Ellest Duet Conti) even though I made it very clear I was post meno - No periods for 3 years plus and at the time I was 52..............
Another GP, most recently, has tried to tell me that Femoston Conti and Ellest Duet Conti are exactly the same, have the same ingredients (or however you refer to it).
All Nonsense............
If it wasn't for this site, I would never have become so well informed.
The second GP I refer to above, also has some title of specialising in gynae/female issues............ and to be honest is the most hard faced, unsympathetic individual I have had the misfortune to every come across.
Once when I went in there telling her I was depressed, she gave me that look of .............. you know, snap out of it type of glare.
So, I think, sometimes, they don't know everything and I think they just know and hear of this thing called "ellest" and churn it out as it's all they know.
Perhaps, in all fairness to them, they just don't have the time to update themselves?
I wish you luck BB.
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