COMBIPATCH Reviews (ESTRADIOL; NORETHINDRONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 3.4 (163 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COMBIPATCH with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) |
More on COMBIPATCH: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COMBIPATCH | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia | VERY SCARY. The very first time I tried it, this is what happened. I put the patch on and 20 minutes later I had severe chest pain, sharp shooting pain, but also like a load of bricks was on my chest and neck. It was getting more intense, a hot feeling too, so I took that patch off. After a half hour the symptoms started to subside. Very scary. Obviously, I don't handle the hormones too well. I'll stick with what I've been doing... swimming, walking, meditating. I NEVER want to feel that way again. | F | 48 | 1 days 50/250 2X W | 8/9/2013 | 3 | Hot flashes, insomnia | Severe itching and red welts at patch sites developed after a few months of use. Using hydrocortisone and neosporin to treat sites moving the new patches an inch or so to the right or left trying to give skin sites a chance to heal. Also have hip and back pain now which I had not had prior to starting patch. Mild acne and weight gain. | Sweats and insomnia symptoms significantly better. Have occasional spotting still. | F | 47 | 5 months 2X W | 7/27/2013 | 4 | Hot Flashes, irritability, bleeding | I was taking Climara Patch for a year but bleed too much. I switched to The Combi patch. I' spot occasionally but nothing like before. Although,I had a tummy tuck last September, I do see abdominal bloating. In addition; the kicker is I'm tired more than usual. I'm an energetic person and always have been. The patch is slowing me down, that is my biggest concern. I'm sane again, thank God but too tired. I plan to see my Gyn soon. My mother also died of breast cancer at the ripe age of 61. I can only ask God to cover me! The menopausal symptoms can make an individual really loose it. | F | 47 | 8 weeks 0.05-0.25 | 6/29/2013 | 1 | hot flashes | ended up having surgery. Biopsy. Caused endometrial hyperplasia. Screened and biopsied for cancer of the uterus. Doctor explained this is a bad drug | it only helped with night sweats, had red welts on my stomach | F | 54 | 2 years 10/30 1X day | 6/12/2013 | 2 | legs and hands swells real bad havent bleed in 5 months now started and dark brown almost black period bad stomach pain all the time very sore still have mood swings not as bad can not think good weight gain but i'm staying swelled all the time and getting hair above my lip and under my chin whats up with that | I do not like what it does to me want off too many side effects | F | 50 | 2 weeks 2X W | 4/24/2013 | 3 | severe mood swings | The hot flashes are gone (but they were not severe) and I am sleeping better, BUT I have been bleeding (except for a few days off here and there) since Dec.1st and it now Feb. 17th. It is reeking havoc with my romantic life. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow so I can set up an appt. I want off of this! There has to be something else I can do for the mood swings! (Which is the reason he put me on the patch in the first place). | F | 53 | 3 months 50/250 | 2/17/2013 | 4 | hot flashes/insomnia | bloating and back pain (although I don't know if this is because of the patch) could be other factors but I didn't have this when I was not on the patch | I am using it for post surgery (hysterectomy) menopause. It stopped the hot flashes, helped with insomnia, and better focus, energy and libido. But now I have bloating and back pain (like right before a period). | F | 46 | 2 weeks 2X W | 2/5/2013 | 3 | Menopause for 3 years | Itchy patch site, periods I was not expecting, weight gain, extreme thirst, face break outs | Hot flashes are GONE! But after 3 years of no period suddenly having one is yucko. Itchy at patch site. I use this med every 7 days. Face breaking out like a teen. Sleepy at 2pm even though I take B-12 shots once a month. Used Prempro before from other Gyno. Loved it. New Doctor said no. I dislike bleeding again and don't know if I'll stay on this med. Wonder how it works during the high heat of Summer. | F | 50 | 1 months 1X W | 2/5/2013 | 4 | Hot Flashes/Osteoporosis/sleep prob | Update to my previous review: Some dark bleeding, breast tenderness, otherwise still very happy and feeling much better than w/o it. I will be 51 in a few days. I am kind of worried about using HRT at my age but my doctor felt it necessary as osteoporosis runs heavily in my family and I have it already. | Someone tried to email me w/questions but I accidentally deleted it and can't seem to recover it! Resend and I'll try to answer your questions! My hot flashes and night sweats were severe and I was always so uncomfortably hot but it's 98% better now. | F | 50 | 1 years 140 & 240 2X W | 1/31/2013 Patient History | 4 | Adrenalin like symptoms | Initially, normal period like bleeding, which became more frequent to almost daily. A constant mild headache, weight gain, breast tenderness. I like a lot about the patch but ultimately discontinued it because of constant bleeding and headache. | F | 54 | 3 months 2xw | 12/8/2012 | 3 | Hot Flashes | Hair loss, itching at site of patch. | Initially worked very well for hot flashes. I went from 19/day to zero. After about 4 months I started noticing an unusual amount of hair loss, my hair is definitely thinner. Stopped taking 3 wks ago, hot flashes back, not as frequent, still seem to be losing a lot of hair. | F | 54 | 6 months 2X W | 10/28/2012 | 1 | Menopause | Horrible breast tenderness, bleeding all the time, bad cramps. Was on Femhrt prior but they stopped making it. Dr. put me on this patch after I had taken nothing for 3 weeks and hot flashes had returned. Did not bleed at all on Femhrt. Now bleeding all the time and my breast hurt all the time. Today is last day on this patch. Starting a new pill tomorrow. | F | 56 | 10 weeks | 10/20/2012 | 4 | Hot Flashes | After first year the patch site started itching and producing a red spot. I reported to Novartis & Dr. No one has any suggestions thus far. Adhesive problem. INCREDIBLY annoying. | Patch is highly effective. Dr. said can only use for 5 yrs. No side effect except intense red itchy spots that take a while to heal after i remove patch. Sometimes i can't stand it and move patch to another area after 1 day. | F | 55 | 3 years 50-250 2X W | 10/6/2012 | 1 | Hot flashes / night sweats | Serious HAIR LOSS: 1. Several major sheds. 2. Ongoing daily hair loss. 3. Noticeable thinning of hair and widening part. **** I have stopped the patch and within 8-10 days the daily hair shed has noticeably tapered off***** | I posted on 04/28/2012 re: Hairloss. I thought I would wait a few months to see if the hair shed would slow down. So it has been one year since the shed began: July 2011 to August 2012. Since my April post I have found the following information posted by a medical doctor/hormone specialist on an HRT forum - Baldtruthtalk.com: "Combipatch has a progestin in it that has slight testosterone-like activity" So I would take this to mean if the patient has Androgen sensitivity /DHT sensitivity the progestin in this particular patch may trigger their hair loss. This side effect is not disclosed in the literature included with Combi-Patch from NOVARTIS Pharmaceuticals. WHY IS THIS NOT INDICATED by Novartis?? ****"CAN CAUSE NOTICEABLE HAIR LOSS" ***** THIS ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE DISCLOSED! I am stopping this patch now. I have had all the Thyroid and other panels and they are normal so the only possible cause for my thinning hair is the patch. ' | F | 55 | 21 months 5/500 2X W | 8/22/2012 | 5 | hot flashes | Quite a bit of bleeding (sometimes dark, almost black, some odor) first three years, then began wearing it on my back only (had been wearing on front only) and bleeding is much less and more like normal menstrual blood when it does occur. It now lasts only a few days per month if at all. | pros: increased muscle tone, I am stronger than I've been in years (workout with kettlebells), better skin tone and hair. cons: increased middle fat until I became mostly vegetarian, cut out all refined foods.....eat only fresh veg and fruit, some protein like tofu, walnuts and almonds, dairy. It seemed like I had a little hair loss at first but now hair is shinier and thicker. Zero hot flashes, less dryness, a few pimples as I had when younger. This has been a miraculous drug for me, but am beginning to have bad heartburn and wonder if patch is contributing, and/or diet?? Or just the baby aspirin my gyne prescribed at the same time? So happy to see this website. And how interesting that the middle weight gain and hair loss experienced by so many are not listed in the adverse side effects of the so-called experts. On the other hand, middle weight gain and hair loss are quite common for those in this age group who are not on HRT, so we need more studies to sort it out. | F | 64 | 4 years 50/140 2X W | 7/4/2012 | 4 | perimenopause/ hot flashes | Having severe itching at patch site. Some hair loss just recently. Mid section weight gain. Trouble making patch stick although following instructions. Otherwise pleased. | F | 53 | 9 months 0.05-0.14 | 5/30/2012 | 4 | Menopause symptoms | I'm not positive these come from the combi patch but I do know they happened after starting to take it. 1-Headaches. I get a dull headache if I don't change the patch as prescribed (1 every 3 1/2 days) 2-Constipation. Not terrible but noticed a change in my bowel movements for a short while. 3-Hair loss. Again, not sure this is from the combi patch but after reading other comments I'm thinking it is. | I noticed that the hot flashes are much milder and the night sweats tolerable. Neither are extreme as before. I haven't noticed a weight gain per say but do work out and try to eat right. Although after reading comments THAT may be coming! Yikes! My biggest concern right now is the hair loss. The reason I came to this site was to "just see" if there was any connection between the combi patch and hair loss. The comments tell me there IS! I can't believe how much hair I've lost in the past few month. My daughter even said "Mom, that's not normal" and I took pictures of it to show my doctor. I'm scheduled for a physical in a month and will discuss this with him. Darn...I may be wearing a wig soon! | F | 53 | 7 months 2X W | 5/7/2012 | 4 | Hot Flashes, Night Sweats | HAIR LOSS! Weight gain in waist and boost in breast size.. | I wish I had found this board earlier. I started losing noticeable amounts of hair about six months into the wearing the patch. I thought it was because of the summer months or the fact that I used cleansing conditioners on my hair. But the loss is ongoing unless I stop wearing it for a few weeks. My hair is much thinner. I have to decide whether to have peaceful nights with no hot flashes / sweats and fuller breasts OR keep from going bald.. | 55 | 18 months 5/500 2X W | 4/28/2012 | 4 | Peri-Menopause/hot flashes HORRIBLE | Weight gain Bloating Some bleeding,tolerable though | Use high + low dose in conjunction, only way the hot flashes would slow down. Had them so bad I looked like I just got out of the shower everytime one occured. | F | 47 | 300 days .05-.25 ++ 1X day | 3/12/2012 | 4 | Hot flashes, fuzzy thinking, energy | Started having bleeding due to thinning endometrium. So, discontinued in Dec. 2012. Having hot flashes, night sweats, & great hair loss! Help! | F | 64 | 8 years 0.05-0.14 | 2/16/2012 |