VIVELLE-DOT Reviews (ESTRADIOL)

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VIVELLE-DOT  (ESTRADIOL):  This medication is a female hormone (estrogen). It is used by women to help reduce symptoms of menopause (such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness). These symptoms are caused by the body making less estrogen. If you are using this medication to treat symptoms only in and around the vagina, products applied directly inside the vagina should be considered before medications that are taken by mouth, absorbed through the skin, or injected. This medication may also be used by women who are not able to produce enough estrogen (for example, due to hypogonadism, primary ovarian failure). Certain estrogen products may also be used by women after menopause to prevent bone loss (osteoporosis). However, there are other medications (such as raloxifene, bisphosphonates including alendronate) that are also effective in preventing bone loss and may be safer. These medications should be considered for use before estrogen treatment.   FDA Approval Date: 1999-01-08 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR VIVELLE-DOTCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 1  Hysterectomy/Menopausal Symptoms This drug cause gave me to get bilateral Pulmonary Embolism that cause me to go into Cardiac Arrest. F 54 2 years
5mg 2X W
5/21/2015
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 1  hysterectomy/oophorectomy 2003 Was on brand name Vivelle-Dot for 12 years. Worked great! Insurance pharmacy sent GENERIC (by Sandoz) Vivelle-Dot patches for my recent batch (without consulting me or my MD). So I tried them and symptoms of menopause returned after 6 weeks. Finally I (recently) removed the patch from my body and did not replace and the fuzzy headedness cleared quite a bit within an hour. I won't put those on again. Horrible dullness of mind with intense sadness, hot flashes, and insomnia. Today I requested Brand Name Vivelle-Dot from MD (which now requires prior authorization) and hope my insurance will continue to cover brand name as before. The GENERIC is just hitting the market. So watch your symptoms if you use the generic form of this patch. It is cheaper but may not manage menopausal symptoms as well as the brand name/non-generic Vivelle-dot. If it does work that is great because it is cheaper. But be aware. F 66 12 years
.05 2X W
5/19/2015
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 1  Hysterectomy Had severe headaches, bloating, weight gain, high blood pressure, nausea, constipation. I'm deciding along with my family dr to discontinue this med & resume Estradiol pill form .75 daily which I took for yes with no problems. I was told to take Vivelle dot to avoid issues with blood clots in the future since I'm getting closer to 60. F 57 1 months
.0375
2/27/2015
 1  Menopause pulmonary embolism this patch almost killed me. F 50 1 days
20mg
1/2/2015
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 1  HRT for menopause symptoms Severe migraine, vertigo and nausea F 50 1 days
0.05 2X W
12/30/2014
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 1  Hysterectomy Severe Weight Gain. Bloating in Abdomen. It is wonderful in that it eliminate's the hot flashes, vaginal dryness, etc. Since on the patch though, I started having unexplained weight gain and I cannot lose weight no matter how hard I try. I have gained like 35 pounds in a year. F 64 1 years
.0375 2X W
5/20/2014
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 2  Hysterectomy The side effects I experience with Vivelle are the same as the other patches, pills, and creams. On any form of Estradiol I experience EXTREME anxiety, with no external cause whatsoever, along with dizziness, insomnia, roaring and ringing in the ears, memory loss, confusion, cognitive difficulty, and more. Hysterectomy has indeed destroyed my life. The symptoms I experience are the same as with no hormone replacement, except at least I don't have hot flashes when using Estradiol. I wanted for nearly four years for the hit flashes and insomnia to stop, while taking no estrogen. It never got any better. If you have no ovaries, you cannot take estrogen without these horrific side effects, and you cannot get past menopause (meaning the symptoms never pass) what are we supposed to do? I've suffered from SEVERE anxiety, but not depression. However, after several years, it's wearing me down. Living this way is no life at all. No doctor has been able to help me. Also, it is important to note that I tried progesterone and it made me feel even WORSE. I seem to be having the polar opposite / a parodoxical reaction to any kind of hormone replacement therapy. Herbal and alternative therapies don't work for hot flashes at all. If anybody has any suggestions, or if anyone else has experience something similar, I'd love to hear about it. So far, I literally cannot find even one person who reported the same kind of experience. This is barely better than the generic, in my experience. F 52 5 years
.035 2X W
10/18/2021
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 2  Full hysterectomy Did not help with hot flashes or night sweats, made them worse F 37 1 months
0.1 mg
6/17/2013
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 2  Menopause Symptons, hot flashes No side effects except leaving yucky glue that is hard to get off Started out with 0.050 then moved up to 0.075. For menopause symptoms. Hot flashes, night sweats, moody, irritable, miserable. After nearly 2 years, find out I cannot absorb this patch. What a waste. Have now been switched to Estradiol pill under the tongue each day. Much cheaper. From $60 for patch to $9 for pills. Doc says I had 0 estrogen on patch. F 52 3 days
0.075 mg 2X W
7/10/2011
 2  menopause symptoms No side effects (except occasional sore breasts) Didn't work for me at all. My body wouldn't absorb it. Even on the highest patch dose for 3 months, my estradiol was still less than 20. F 52 3 months
4/17/2009
 2  hysterectomy/HRT dizziness. unsteady gait. just started on vivelle dot for a month. will wait to see whether symptoms will improve overtime. F 39 1 months
8/15/2006
 3  partial hysterectomy still have ova Severe headaches Weight gain... F 54 2 years
.0375
9/28/2014
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 3  After Total Hysterectomy Headaches, Weight loss, leg pain, constipation. confusion, emotional. Asked my doc to reduce it to half the dose and feeling a bit better after a week. Not convinced this is the miracle though! F 45 2 months
0.05mg 2X W
5/2/2013
 3  Post menopause DO NOT TAKE GRAPEFRUIT PRODUCTS WITH ESTROGEN, A CYP3A4 SUBSTRATE! Levels of estrogen will become too high, and may cause side effects, blood clots leading to gangrene, strokes, and heart attacks! The CYP3A4 enzyme clears most of prescribed drugs (substrates) from your system. Check to see if any of your meds or supplements are CYP3A4 substrates and or if they are inhibitors of CYP3A4. Grapefruit stops the action of CYP3A4 gut enzymes completely in 30 minutes, permanently and irreversibly. You renew the enzyme in over 24 hours, so taking grapefruit products separately from your drugs does not help. When you can not clear substrates, levels of them get too high and side effects, even fatalities, may occur. Many herbal supplements are CYP3A4 inhibitors as well. Do not take them. Ginkgo, garlic, turmeric, for example. Research every substance for CYP3A4 interactions. Be well! F 57
1X day
1/27/2013
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 3  HRT due to full hysterectomy Only thing I notice is a headache in the morning that goes away once I get up from bed. Slight bloating F 56 3 days
0.0375 2X W
9/28/2012
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 3  had ovaries remover none that i know of F 46 60 days
1/2/2008
 4  Total hysterectomy 20 year ago I have used this patch for years and loved it. However, a generic is available so my insurance won't help as much. I have tried the generic last year and again now because of cost. I will be dishing out the money for the name brand as I have horrible side effects from the generic. Breast tenderness that is painful and depressing mood swings. I have tried this each year for the last 2 years and get the same result. Not worth it and frustrating that insurance now won't pay as well for name brand. F 59 10 years
2x weekly
5/15/2016
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 4  premature repoductive, failure I have not noticed any.maybe more headaches It seem to help with the sweats and other things my body was going through F 35 2 years
00.25
1/21/2015
 4  Hot flashes, insomnia, anxiety I have been taking it for 2 days and already feeling relaxed. I slept 7 hours instead of 4. I have had hot flushes, slight headache and dizziness. Praying it will all pass so this will me feel normal again! I haven't be been the same since my hysterectomy 3 months ago. I want my life back! F 44 2 days
0.50
10/11/2014
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 4  Total hysterectomy in 2012. O.1mg/day. Change Mon & Thu. Tried BioIdenticals first then Premarin. Severe hot flashes, mood swings anxiety and just crazy! VivilleDot saved me But i had weight gain, itching and redness from adhesive was mild at first but got really Bad and made whelps almost immediately. Couldn't stand the itching!!! I wanted to claw my skin it itched sooo BAD. Switched to Miniville. No itching yet but feel bad. F 48 2 years
1.56 mg
10/8/2014
  

VIVELLE-DOT  (ESTRADIOL):  This medication is a female hormone (estrogen). It is used by women to help reduce symptoms of menopause (such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness). These symptoms are caused by the body making less estrogen. If you are using this medication to treat symptoms only in and around the vagina, products applied directly inside the vagina should be considered before medications that are taken by mouth, absorbed through the skin, or injected. This medication may also be used by women who are not able to produce enough estrogen (for example, due to hypogonadism, primary ovarian failure). Certain estrogen products may also be used by women after menopause to prevent bone loss (osteoporosis). However, there are other medications (such as raloxifene, bisphosphonates including alendronate) that are also effective in preventing bone loss and may be safer. These medications should be considered for use before estrogen treatment.   FDA Approval Date: 1999-01-08 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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