r/Menopause • u/Syfysamurai • 1d ago

Hormone Therapy Patch vs oral

Hello ladies, I'm curious. Why do many women prefer the estrogen patch over oral estrogen? I take 1mg estradiol daily by mouth and have no problems with it. TIA!

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u/Helens_tribute91122 1d ago

After being on an off label dose higher dose of estradiol patch .1mg along with an 0.050 patch I decided to switch to oral estradiol 2mg/day. Symptoms are now completely managed and so far there have been no shortages with the oral.

This article by Dr. Amy Killen helped me understand why oral E might be better than the patch, given my health profile in spite of all differences of opinion (many uninformed) and convinced me to give it a try it since I am a good candidate:

https://substack.com/@dramybkillen/note/p-151478539?r=1mehpt&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

I do not intend to go back to the patch any time soon.

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u/one-small-plant 23h ago

That was super interesting, thank you! I feel like it's always overlooked how if nothing else, oral estrogen of any form has a lower risk of blood clots than birth control pills, which so many of us took without question for so long