VIVELLE-DOT Reviews (ESTRADIOL)Average Rating: 4.2 (80 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VIVELLE-DOT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VIVELLE-DOT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Perimenopausal symptoms | Breast tenderness and fullness, very minor weight gain which feels more like bloating. | I was having troublesome hot-flashes at night, sleeping problems, very low sex drive and generally feeling angry at the world. After a week on Vivelle-Dot (0.025 mg) I started feeling much better. I hope the breast tenderness goes away! It seems to ebb and flow which makes me wonder if my body is still cycling. No periods, but I do have a Mirena IUD as well. | F | 47 | 2 months | 8/25/2008 | 5 | Peri-Menopausal Hormone Replacement | Some headache, bloating and breast tenderness at first, but that's gone now. | This little .0375 mg. patch in combination with 100mg. daily Prometrium has quite simply given me my life back. Good-bye drastic mood changes, uncontrollable crying, crippling anxiety, brain fog, insomnia, constant daily headache, agonizing 6-9 day migraines, blast furnace hot flashes, dizziness, hair loss, and probably a few other things I've blissfully now forgotten. It took me two years of trial and error to arrive at this particular combination of hormone replacement. I tried a variety of estrogen/progestin formulations, including creams, gels, pills, even Yasmin, but Vivelle Dot (paired with Prometrium) is by far the best. I feel better now that I have in many years. | F | 47 | 6 months | 11/15/2009 | 5 | peri-menopause | none | I feel like I've been padding around in the dark and someone finally turned on the light. I have been so depressed, fatigued, memory-impaired, exhausted, not able to sleep at night etc.. I finally feel so good and so normal after years of dealing with this. Nothing else has helped and I've tried everything. I'm just surprised my various doctors never thought to offer the patch to me. I had to ask to try it after reading about it. Perimenopause has been so hard for me and I finally found something that helps. | F | 47 | 1 months .25 patch 2X W | 11/12/2012 | 5 | Symptoms of Menopause | None | Saying Vivelle-Dot is WONDERFUL is an understatement! I had a hysterectomy about 8 years ago when I was 40, removing my uterus and cervix, but leaving my ovaries. I began suffering with hot flashes and night sweats about 2 years ago and then about 6 months ago, I started feeling completely 'out-of-sorts' and edgy. I became very moody--extremely sad and/or bitchy at the drop of a hat; I was absolutely miserable and so was my sweetheart, poor guy. I feel so much better now--I am much more calm and 'even-keeled' and I feel like I'm in touch with reality again! I no longer have drastic mood swings and my hot flashes and night sweats happen much less often now. I highly recommend Vivelle-Dot to anyone who's suffering with menopausal symptoms!! I feel great after using it for just one month! Vivelle-Dot = RELIEF!!! :) | F | 47 | 30 days .05 mg 2X W | 6/16/2010 | 4 | peri menopause making me unable to | I feel fabulous! | F | 47 | 3 days ,05 | 6/1/2012 | 5 | total hysterectomy 2 years ago | After my hysterectomy I went 2 years with no hormones. Couldnt take the weight gain hot flashes sore joints, insomnia, and depression any longer. Started vivelle dot 3 weeks ago. Wow!! I have a life again. I sleep like a teenager and Im happy again. I have already lost some belly fat and 5pounds and my joints are less painful. Probably because I can sleep again. Went from about 8 hot flashes a day to about 1 per week. Thank you thank you thank you vivelle dot. | F | 48 | 3 weeks 025 | 9/25/2013 | 5 | Peri-menopause | Follow-up from 8-2008: Was having breast tenderness and bloating for several months, but it went away completely. | If you are thinking about stopping because of side-effects, stick it out. I really feel great now and it was worth waiting it out. Took about 6 months to really settle down. Now I have no perimenopausal symptoms, no period (Mirena IUD) and am very happy with this combination! | F | 48 | 1 years | 6/1/2009 | 5 | perimenopause and moods | none. | just make sure you take progesterone at least 10days per month. Don't do the dot alone. Can cause uterine overgrowth and maybe cancer. | M | 48 | 4 years | 11/15/2008 | 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 | 5 | peri- menopause - hot flashes | minor constipation | This patch works wonders for me. My hot flashes and night sweats had gotten so bad that I was not sleeping at night and was staying damp through the day because of severe hot flashes that were accompanied by dizzy spells. After one week I was sleeping better and at one month everything was gone. I was my self again. My only regret is that I didnt start this sooner. | F | 49 | 3 months 1 patch 2X W | 3/8/2010 Patient History | 5 | hot flashes | None; hard to clean off sticky remains of patch | Worked really well for me. Stays put in showers and hot tubs! | F | 49 | 3 months | 2/19/2005 | 4 | Partial in oct an now have hot fash | Spotting an yeast infecation . | F | 49 | 0.1 mg 1X day | 3/2/2012 Patient History | 5 | hot flashes and menopausal issues | None. Brief itching at patch site - but that was until I figured out that skin has to be totally dry before applying. I stopped this med and was switched to combipatch due to concerns that extended use of vivelle dot alone would cause uterine lining problems or uterine cancer. | It is essential that your skin is 100% DRY before you put patch on, or it will be very itchy. Women often apply patch after shower, when skin is too moist. Wait 20 minutes after any water on skin and do not use cream or lotion. | F | 50 | 1.5 years .025 2X H | 9/10/2014 | 5 | hormone replacement | None- it's great. | It's small and has the best adhesive- it's the only patch that I've tried that stays on with sweating from exercise, swimming, etc. | F | 50 | 3 years | 9/13/2009 | 5 | Only side effect is that patch gathers lint around sides but it is a necessary evil in order to get estrogen into my body. I take the medicine for gender affriming hormone therapy (GAHT). Basically I was I was born a female. | M | 50 | 12 months TWO 0.1mg 2X W | 5/29/2022 | 1 | HRT for menopause symptoms | Severe migraine, vertigo and nausea | F | 50 | 1 days 0.05 2X W | 12/30/2014 | 1 | Menopause | pulmonary embolism | this patch almost killed me. | F | 50 | 1 days 20mg | 1/2/2015 | 5 | hysterectomy | None other than occasional skin irritation. | Vivelle dot helped more than any of the other hormone replacement. Much better than Climara. I also use RX progesterone and testosterone creams. | F | 51 | 4 years | 6/15/2009 | 5 | night sweats, insomnia | No side effects | So far I love this medication, feel like my old self and motivated and even have lost 12 pounds. Sleep issues still not completely solved but getting better. Need to discuss with dr thou on taking progesterone too since I do still have my uterus. | F | 51 | 30 days 1.0 2X W | 5/10/2012 | 5 | hot flashes, brain fog,night sweats | None | Love it! I was hesitant to use hormones because of a family history of breast cancer but this has changed my life! I wish I would have done it a year ago. | F | 51 | 30 days .25 2X W | 11/26/2012 |