Compare Prempro vs. Elestrin
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Relieves hot flashes due to menopause.
Elestrin (Estradiol gel) is a good, easy-to-use option if you don’t want to use pills or patches with estrogen hormones.
Upsides
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- Elestrin (Estradiol gel) replaces estrogen to your whole body and relieves multiple symptoms due to low estrogen, like hot flashes and vaginal dryness.
- Elestrin (Estradiol gel) is good for people who don't want to or can't take daily pills.
- Elestrin (Estradiol gel) has fewer side effects than birht control pills since there are lower amounts of estrogen.
- Most people start to feel better within 3-4 weeks of starting Elestrin (Estradiol gel).
Downsides
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- Taking Elestrin (Estradiol gel) increases your risk for many conditions, like endometrial or breast cancer, dementia, heart disease, and blood clots.
- You have to use Elestrin (Estradiol gel) with another hormone called progestin to lower your risk of uterine cancer.
- Not a good option for people with liver problems.
- It's possible to expose other people to the estrogen before it's absorbed by your skin.
- Can be expensive since it's only available as a brand name product.
Used for
- Menopause - Moderate to severe abnormal vasomotor function Menopause - Moderate to severe vaginal atrophy - Moderate to severe vulvar atrophy Postmenopausal osteoporosis
- In women with an intact uterus; Prophylaxis
Dosage forms
- Pill
- Gel
Price
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$210.23
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Side effects
The Prempro (Conjugated Estrogens / Medroxyprogesterone Acetate) FDA package insert doesn’t have numbers about how common side effects are.
4possible side effects
- Unusual vaginal bleeding9%
- Common cold9%
- Breast pain8%
- Lung infection4%
Risks and risk factors
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- Endometrial cancer
- Using estrogen for more than one year
- Breast cancer
- Personal or family history of breast cancer
- Using estrogen for more than one year
- Increased risk of blood clots and stroke
- Personal or family history of blood clots
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Increased risk of heart disease
- Smoking
- Obesity
- High blood pressure
- High blood sugar
- High cholesterol
- Age 50 or older
- Dementia
- Age 65 or older
- Pancreas swelling (pancreatitis)
- High levels of triglycerides